{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-224","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-224","heading":"Special verdicts. Jury to assess damages.","body":"(a) The court shall determine questions of law referred to it by the jury in a special verdict, which they may give when they entertain doubts respecting points of law arising in the action, or when the parties request it. In a special verdict the jury shall find the facts, and state the questions of law thus:\nIf the law be so in such a point, then we find for the plaintiff;\nbut if the law be otherwise, then we find for the defendant.\n(b) When the jury finds a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, they shall assess the damages which he shall be entitled to recover.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 900*. COURT PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_900.htm#sec_52-224","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"397a79524b737cd3f3d0e6402344619a3beecc75d9fc3dd5c8861f5033bb97e0","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-223","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-225"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}