Humiston v. Intervest Management Co.

This wrongful discharge and defamation action was heard by an attorney trial referee who issued a detailed report with twenty-nine separate findings of fact and eight pages of legal analysis. The legal analysis thoroughly reviewed Connecticut law of both wrongful discharge and defamation. The plaintiff then moved the trial court to correct the report pursuant to Practice Book § 438 and in this motion belatedly raised the issue of the applicability of California law to his relationship with the defendant. Thereafter, the *829trial referee issued a supplemental report recommending the denial of the…