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Connecticut Superior Court, 1998

Sarasota, Inc. v. Ralion Corporation, No. Cv95 032 20 00 S (Feb. 10, 1998)

Sarasota, Inc. v. Ralion Corporation, No. Cv95 032 20 00 S (Feb. 10, 1998)
Connecticut Superior Court · Decided February 10, 1998 · MOTTOLESE, J.
1998 Conn. Super. Ct. 1671; 21 Conn. L. Rptr. 382
Sarasota, Inc. v. Ralion Corporation, No. Cv95 032 20 00 S (Feb. 10, 1998)

Opinion of the Court

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OF DECISION Under § 37-3a, the court may award interest for the wrongful detention of money. Whether to do so rests on equitable principles which advance the interests of justice.Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman, Inc. v. El Contractors, Inc.,239 Conn. 708 (1997). The respondent's claim to the contrary notwithstanding, "wrongful" detention of money is not synonymous with "bad faith" conduct. In the context of § 37-3a, wrongful means nothing more than that the act is performed without legal right to do so. Ballentine's Law Dictionary, Third Edition, at 1382.

The court finds that the above standards have been satisified. Interest at the statutory rate is awarded from February 26, 1997.

MOTTOLESE, J.

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