Legal Opinion
Holbrook v. Casazza
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 7, 1987No. 12863; 12864PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
The principal issue in these appeals is whether the statements of the defendants accusing the plaintiff of numerous improprieties in performing her duties as tax assessor in the town of Westbrook were made with actual malice. The plaintiff brought separate defamation actions against the defendants, mem*338bers of the board of tax assessors for the town, seeking compensatory and exemplary damages for harm to her reputation, mental anguish, pain and suffering, public humiliation, and pecuniary loss alleged to have resulted from defamatory statements of the defendants. Following a trial in which the…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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