Legal Opinion
Gambardella v. Apple Health Care, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 19, 2009No. SC 17977PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
The plaintiff, Laurie Gambardella, filed a defamation action against the defendants, Apple Health Care, Inc. (Apple), Waterbury Extended Care Facility, Inc. (facility), and facility administrator John Sweeney, alleging that they had communicated false accusations of theft to others in connection with their termination of her employment. The case was tried to the court, Gallagher, J., which rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants appealed from the judgment of the trial court, 1 claiming that the court improperly had rejected their defense of the qualified…
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