Do v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles

"It is axiomatic that administrative tribunals are not strictly bound by the rules of evidence.... [T]hey may consider exhibits [that] would normally be incompetent in a judicial proceeding, so long as the evidence is reliable and probative." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Gagliardi v. Commissioner of Children & Families, 155 Conn.App. 610 , 619, 110 A.3d 512 , cert. denied, 316 Conn. 917 , 113 A.3d 70 (2015). It is a rare case in which a decision by an administrative hearing officer to admit an exhibit will be reversed for an abuse of discretion. Principles of fundamental fairness…