Bouazza v. Geico General Ins. Co.

Citations

• 230 Conn. App. 297

Syllabus

The plaintiff appealed from the judgment of the trial court with respect to its dismissal of the count of her complaint alleging bad faith against the defendant insurance company. She claimed, inter alia, that the court improp- erly concluded that the litigation privilege applied and deprived the court of subject matter jurisdiction. Held: The trial court improperly granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the plaintiff's bad faith claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction as the allegations of bad faith for conduct that occurred outside the judicial pro- ceeding and prior to the commencement of the underlying litigation had no connection or logical relation to any ongoing judicial proceeding and, therefore, were not covered by the litigation privilege. Argued October 15, 2024—officially released January 21, 2025