{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-236","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-236","heading":"Actions on contract; evidence of damages since suit.","body":"In any action founded on contract, for the recovery of damages, the plaintiff may offer evidence of any damages that may have accrued from the same cause of action subsequent to the bringing of the action, provided he shall have given reasonable notice to the defendant of the damages which he intends to prove, and may recover judgment for the full amount of damages he may prove that he has sustained. The plaintiff, upon giving such notice, may, by leave of the court, increase the statement of amount in demand in the writ subject to the provisions of sections 52-91 and 52-259.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 901*. DAMAGES, COSTS AND FEES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_901.htm#sec_52-236","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":"32bb8dc0947afdf4bd098718831d3d41ca1cb15379658eaddc7c8ad54974abe2","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-235f","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-237"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}