{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-568","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-568","heading":"Damages for groundless or vexatious suit or defense.","body":"Any person who commences and prosecutes any civil action or complaint against another, in his own name or the name of others, or asserts a defense to any civil action or complaint commenced and prosecuted by another (1) without probable cause, shall pay such other person double damages, or (2) without probable cause, and with a malicious intent unjustly to vex and trouble such other person, shall pay him treble damages.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 925*. STATUTORY RIGHTS OF ACTION AND DEFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_925.htm#sec_52-568","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:18Z","sha256":"fcde2f4f51fe921d39518979ed6d26f7a8e5feaefed6b7b5e17a481fe96658e4","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-567","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-568a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}