Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-4-403
Customer's right to stop payment. Burden of proof of loss.
(b) A stop-payment order is effective for six months, but it lapses after fourteen calendar days if the original order was oral and was not confirmed in writing within that period. A stop-payment order may be renewed for additional six-month periods by a writing given to the bank within a period during which the stop-payment order is effective.
(c) The burden of establishing the fact and amount of loss resulting from the payment of an item contrary to a stop-payment order or order to close an account is on the customer. The loss from payment of an item contrary to a stop-payment order may include damages for dishonor of subsequent items under section 42a-4-402 .
Cited. 186 C. 618; 205 C. 604; 217 C. 205.
Cited. 4 CA 319.