GAMBARDELLA v. APPLE HEALTH CARE, INC.

No. 17977.

969 A.2d 736 (2009)

291 Conn. 620

Laurie GAMBARDELLA v. APPLE HEALTH CARE, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendon P. Levesque, with whom were Karen L. Dowd and, on the brief, Wesley W. Horton, Michael S. Taylor, Hartford, and Dana M. Hrelic, certified legal intern, for the appellants (defendants).

Stephen E. Pliakas, with whom were Robert Nastri, Jr., and, on the brief, Jeffrey J. Tinley, Waterbury, for the appellee (plaintiff).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER and SULLIVAN, Js.


KATZ, J.

The plaintiff, Laurie Gambardella, filed a defamation action against the defendants, Apple Health Care, Inc. (Apple), Waterbury Extended Care Facility, Inc. (facility), and facility administrator John Sweeney, alleging that they had communicated false accusations of theft to others in connection with their termination of her employment. The case was tried to the court, Gallagher, J., which rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants...

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