Any person who falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits any document, or knowingly utters, as true, any document falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, shall pay double damages to any party injured thereby.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-565
Double damages for forgery
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Roberti (In Re Roberti) (1996)
Most recently applied in Chien v. Skystar Bio Pharmaceutical Co. (June 2009)
(1949 Rev., S. 8306.)
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Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.