Legal Opinion
DeLaurentis v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 20, 1991No. 14267PublishedCited by 300 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
We consider today what redress, if any, should be afforded a public official called to defend himself publicly against charges of wrongdoing and incompetence subsequently found by a jury to have been baseless, but some of which we conclude were grounded in probable cause as a matter of law. As a result of this determination, we set aside in part the verdicts of the jury awarding damages to the plaintiff for vexatious suit and for the intentional infliction of emotional distress and we remand the case to the trial court for further proceedings.
The plaintiff, Frank DeLaurentis, former chairman…
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