Shaham v. John Capparelli

In this personal injury action, we granted the plaintiffs petition for certification in order to consider whether the Appellate Court correctly sustained a ruling of the trial court precluding the plaintiff from offering certain rebuttal evidence.1 Shaham *134v. Capparelli, 23 Conn. App. 468, 470-73, 581 A.2d 1065 (1990). The Appellate Court, considering this issue among others, affirmed the judgment of the trial court that the plaintiff, Basma Shaham, was not entitled to set aside or to have an additur to enhance a jury verdict that had awarded her $11,300 in damages for injuries allegedly…