Legal Opinion
Sheiman v. Sheiman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 28, 1956PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The defendants have appealed from a judgment entered upon a verdict for the plaintiff for $9000. They assigned error in the denial of their motion to set the verdict aside, but they press only the ground that it is excessive. The issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion. Trani v. Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, 142 Conn. 541, 545, 116 A.2d 167; Maltbie, Conn. App. Proc., § 114. The test is “whether the award falls somewhere within the necessarily uncertain limits of just damages or whether the size of the verdict so shocks the sense of justice as to compel the conclusion that…
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3Cited by27 opinions
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