Supreme Court of Connecticut
Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Cantillon
June 27, 2023347 Conn. 58
Summary
The court affirmed the judgment upholding a $15,000 emotional-distress award in a housing-discrimination proceeding. It held that the prior decision discussing awards generally made in other jurisdictions did not establish a presumptive minimum award, and that the referee reasonably applied the governing factors with appropriate deference to her factual findings. The court also declined to reconsider the existing three-factor framework for evaluating emotional-distress damages because the case lacked opposing advocacy on that issue.