Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-99: Untrue allegations or denials; costs.

Any allegation or denial made without reasonable cause and found untrue shall subject the party pleading the same to the payment of such reasonable expenses, to be taxed by the court, as may have been necessarily incurred by the other party by reason of such untrue pleading; provided no expenses for counsel fees shall be taxed exceeding five hundred dollars for any one offense.