"`Relevant evidence is evidence which has a logical tendency to aid the trier of fact in the determination of an issue. Pitt v. Kent, 149 Conn. 351, 357, 179 A.2d 626 (1962).'" Allen v. Nissley, 184 Conn. 539, 545, 440 A.2d 231 (1981), quoting Berndston v. Annino, 177 Conn. 41, 43, 411 A.2d 36 (1979); see Plumb v. Curtis, 66 Conn. 154, 166, 33 A. 998 (1895). "
"Relevant evidence is evidence that has a logical tendency to aid the trier in the determination of an issue. Pitt v. Kent, 149 Conn. 351, 357, 179 A.2d 626 (1962). One fact is relevant to another if in the common course of events the existence of one, alone or with other facts, renders the existence of the other either more certain or more probable.
Evidence is relevant if it tends to establish a fact in issue or corroborates other direct evidence. State v. Fritz, supra, 168; Pitt v. Kent, 149 Conn. 351, 357, 179 A.2d 626 (1962). "Rulings on such matters will be disturbed on appeal only upon a showing of a clear abuse of discretion."
Evidence of prior work history at elderly housing sites is relevant to ascertaining the loss sustained by each claimant, although it is not necessarily conclusive. "[A]ny fact may be proved which logically tends to aid the trier in the determination of the issue." Pitt v. Kent, 149 Conn. 351, 357, 179 A.2d 626 (1962). Records of former earnings are commonly admitted into evidence to prove losses sustained from inability to work resulting from wrongful acts.
Relevant evidence must be logically probative and sufficiently significant to aid the trier in the determination of a fact in issue. Pitt v. Kent, 149 Conn. 351, 357, 179 A.2d 626 (1962). In determining whether a specific piece of evidence is relevant the trial court exercises a broad discretion.
"Relevant evidence is evidence which has a logical tendency to aid the trier of fact in the determination of an issue. Pitt v. Kent, 149 Conn. 351, 357, 179 A.2d 626 (1962). One fact is relevant to another if in the common course of events the existence of one, alone or with other facts, renders the existence of the other either more certain or more probable.
On the matter of admissibility, it rests in the discretion of the court to determine whether the evidence offered conduces in any reasonable degree to the establishment of the probability or improbability of the fact in issue. Pitt v. Kent, 149 Conn. 351, 357, 179 A.2d 626 (1962); see Console v. Nickou, 156 Conn. 268, 275, 240 A.2d 895 (1968); Plumb v. Curtis, 66 Conn. 154, 166, 33 A. 998 (1895). The fact in issue here was whether the defendant had reasonably performed his contractual obligation to construct and maintain the roads in Candlewood Estates to the time of trial.
Relevant evidence is evidence which has a logical tendency to aid the trier of fact in the determination of an issue. Pitt v. Kent, 149 Conn. 351, 357, 179 A.2d 626 (1962). One fact is relevant to another if in the common course of events the existence of one, alone or with other facts, renders the existence of the other either more certain or more probable.
Evidence is admitted not because it is shown to be competent, but because it is not shown to be incompetent. . . .' Plumb v. Curtis, 66 Conn. 154, 166, 33 A. 998." Pitt v. Kent, 149 Conn. 351, 357, 179 A.2d 626. The defendant claims that specific performance is not a proper remedy in this case.
"On the matter of admissibility, it rests in the discretion of the court to determine whether the evidence offered conduces in any reasonable degree to the establishment of the probability or improbability of the fact in issue." Pitt v. Kent, 149 Conn. 351, 357, 179 A.2d 626. It cannot be said that exhibit C when taken in connection with the facts as found does not tend in any reasonable degree to render the existence of the agreement more probable.