NACA in the News: Conn. Justices Seem Open To Redo Of Atty’s Scam Damages

Law360, Conn. Justices Seem Open To Redo Of Atty’s Scam Damages

Justices of the Connecticut Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Thursday to an attorney’s argument that they should boost the damages he won against scammers in an identity theft case, and asked probing questions about how the $450,000 award was calculated, then recalculated, in two lower courts.

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The Connecticut chapter of the National Association of Consumer Advocates filed an amicus brief arguing that the appellate decision “undermines CUTPA’s remedial purpose and design” and advocating for remand so the trial court could exercise discretion in awarding punitive damages.