Legal Opinion
Lyons v. Nichols
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 19, 2001No. AC 19740PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PELLEGRINO, J.
The defendant, Charles W. Nichols, Jr., appeals from the judgment in a defamation action in which nominal and punitive damages were awarded to the plaintiff, Michael W. Lyons. On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly (1) allowed the introduction of evidence that was at variance with the allegations included in the complaint, (2) awarded nominal and punitive damages in the absence of an award of compensatory damages and (3) deprived him of his right to a jury trial. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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