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Insurance Law Appellate Court Opinion

by Carey, Sean

 

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.”)