{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-237","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-237","heading":"Damages in actions for libel.","body":"In any action for a libel, the defendant may give proof of intention; and unless the plaintiff proves either malice in fact or that the defendant, after having been requested by the plaintiff in writing to retract the libelous charge, in as public a manner as that in which it was made, failed to do so within a reasonable time, the plaintiff shall recover nothing but such actual damage as the plaintiff may have specially alleged and proved.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 901*. DAMAGES, COSTS AND FEES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_901.htm#sec_52-237","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":"922cdee0ef388f06b75a2d20c43f44639e0a6306993b836b5719266ce21c074a","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-236","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-238"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}