AC46494 -
Bouazza v. Geico General Ins. Co. (“The plaintiff, Saadia Bouazza,
appeals from the judgment of the trial court with respect to its dismissal of
her claim of bad faith against the defendant, Geico General Insurance Company.
On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly concluded that
the litigation privilege applied and deprived the court of subject matter
jurisdiction and, therefore, improperly dismissed her claim of bad faith.
Specifically, the plaintiff claims that (1) the litigation privilege was not
applicable in this case, (2) the parties should have had an opportunity to
conduct discovery prior to the court ruling on this issue, (3) the court’s
ruling fails to articulate how the test set forth in Dorfman v. Smith, 342
Conn. 582, 271 A.3d 53 (2022), for determining whether the litigation privilege
applies, was met in this case, and (4) the court improperly considered the
offer of compromise filed by the plaintiff in support of its decision. We
conclude that the court improperly granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss
based on the litigation privilege and, accordingly, reverse in part the
judgment of the trial court.”)