(Emphasis in original; internal quotation marks omitted.) Cokic v. Fiore Powersports, LLC, 222 Conn. App. 216, 227, 304 A.3d 179 (2023). The burden is on the moving party to prove a lack of color and bad faith.
Furthermore, because the evidence submitted by the plaintiffs, viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs, was insufficient as a matter of law to prove that both dogs were necessary to ameliorate the effects of Wendy's generalized anxiety disorder, the court should have rendered judgment for the defendants. See, e.g., Cokicv. Fiore Powersports, LLC, 222 Conn.App. 216, 231-32, 304 A.3d 179 (2023) (new hearing on defendant's motion for attorney's fees was not warranted notwithstanding court's failure to make necessary findings because defendant failed to present evidence to support required findings).
[69] In the present case, the court accurately set forth the relevant legal standard in denying the plaintiffs’ request for attorney’s fees. See Cokic v. Fiore Powersports, LLC, 222 Conn. App. 216, 229, 304 A.3d 179 (2023). The court then made findings that the plaintiffs failed to prove both that the defendant’s claims were entirely without color and that the defendant acted in bad faith.