Noonan v. Miller Memorial Community Home, Inc.

Perodeau v. Hartford, 259 Conn. 729, 750, 792 A.2d 752 (2002), establishes that negligent infliction of emotional distress in the employment context arises only where it is based on unreasonable conduct of a defendant in the termination process. The question presented in the motion to strike filed by the defendants in the present case is whether the allegations in the plaintiffs second amended complaint are sufficient to state a claim under the rule in Perodeau.

The defendants’ motion to strike is the latest installment in a long-running dispute concerning the legal adequacy of the allegations…