172 Conn. App. 787 - DeEsso v. Litzie’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “the award of damages falls somewhere within the necessarily uncertain limits of fair and reasonable compensation ... or [that] the verdict so shocks the sense of justice as to compel the conclusion that the jury [was] influenced by partiality, mistake or corruption.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 671 - Micalizzi v. Stewart · 178 Conn. App. 605 - Cusano v. Lajoie

2. “We conclude that under the circumstances, the jury's award of economic damages and no noneconomic damages is internally inconsistent and ought to have been set aside. In finding that the plaintiff, by virtue of the accident, had suffered ... [a pinched nerve, a herniated disc, and other trauma] requiring [physical therapy] treatments and medication, the purpose of which was to alleviate pain and to improve functioning, the jury necessarily found that he had experienced pain and decreased functioning.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 671 - Micalizzi v. Stewart