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3.15-7  Tortious Interference - Damages

Revised to January 1, 2008

<Insert Separation of Liability and Damages, Instruction 2.7-.1>

<Insert Plaintiff's Burden of Proof as to Amounts, Instruction 4.5-4.>

Under Connecticut law, the plaintiff may recover for <include only those appropriate to the facts>:

• the loss of the benefits of the contract/business expectancy <insert Expectation/Benefit of the Bargain/Make Whole, Instruction, 4.5-6>;

• consequential damages caused by the interference <insert Damages - Consequential, Instruction 4.5-11>;

• lost profits <insert Damages - Lost Profits, Instruction 4.5-8>;

• emotional distress or actual harm to reputation if they are reasonably expected to result from the interference.

Authority

Hi-Ho Tower, Inc. v. Com-Tronics, Inc., 255 Conn. 20, 29-31 n.8 (2000); 4 Restatement (Second) Torts § 774A (1979).