Legal Opinion
Cweklinsky v. Mobil Chemical Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 6, 2004No. SC 16846PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VERTEFEUILLE, J.
The dispositive issue in this case, which comes to us upon acceptance of three certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit pursuant to General Statutes § 51-199b (d),1 is whether Connecticut recognizes a cause of action for defamation based on a former employee’s compelled self-publication of a former employer’s defamatory statements made by the employer to only *213the employee.2 We conclude that Connecticut does not recognize such a cause of action.
The plaintiff, Victor Cweklinsky, brought a multicount complaint against the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sheets v. Teddy's Frosted Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Churchey v. Adolph Coors Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Lewis v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- Daily v. New Britain Machine Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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3Cited by85 opinions
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- Gambardella v. Apple Health Care, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Woods v. Prestwick House, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2011
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