In any action for a libel, the defendant may give proof of intention; and unless the plaintiff proves either malice in fact or that the defendant, after having been requested by the plaintiff in writing to retract the libelous charge, in as public a manner as that in which it was made, failed to do so within a reasonable time, the plaintiff shall recover nothing but such actual damage as the plaintiff may have specially alleged and proved.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-237
Damages in actions for libel
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Colombo v. O'Connell (2002)
Most recently applied in Wolinsky v. Standard Oil of Connecticut, Inc. (May 2010)
(1949 Rev., S. 7983; P.A. 03-19, S. 118.) History: P.A. 03-19 made technical changes, effective May 12, 2003.
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