Legal Opinion

Rametta v. Stella

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided September 27, 1989Published

1Opinion of the Court

The defendants’ petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 19 Conn. App. 223, is granted, limited to the following issues:

“1. In a tort action,, does the collateral source rule apply to proceeds received by the plaintiff which are not payments in compensation for the plaintiff’s injury or loss?
“2. In a contract action, must the calculation of the plaintiff’s damages consider the effect of a third party agreement, subsequent to the breach, which would diminish the plaintiffs actual loss?”

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Rametta v. StellaConnecticut Appellate Court · 1989