AC47129 - Curto v. Hartmann (“The defendants, Robert D. Hartmann, Sr. (Hartmann), and HSGCHG Investments, LLC (HSGCHG), appeal, following a trial to the court, from the judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Angelo Curto, on his claims of fraud and violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA), General Statutes § 42- 110a et seq. On appeal, the defendants claim that the trial court (1) erred in tolling the statutes of limitations governing the plaintiff’s claims and (2) abused its discretion in awarding excessive punitive damages to the plaintiff. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The trial court correctly determined that § 52-595 tolled the statutes of limitations governing the plaintiff’s fraud and CUTPA claims, as sufficient evidence supported the court’s finding that the defendants intentionally concealed from the plaintiff the facts necessary to establish his claims and, due to the defendants’ conduct in repeatedly and falsely representing to the plaintiff that he would be repaid, the plaintiff did not become aware of his causes of action until almost two years after the defendant H had knowingly misappropriated the loaned funds.”)