Opinion
10-13-2020
Virlee KOVACHICH v. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES
Jacques J. Parenteau, New London, in support of the petition. Clare Kindall, solicitor general, Hartford, in opposition.
Jacques J. Parenteau, New London, in support of the petition.
Clare Kindall, solicitor general, Hartford, in opposition.
The plaintiff's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 199 Conn. App. 332, 236 A.3d 219 (2020), is granted, limited to the following issues:
"1. Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the trial court had erroneously admitted into evidence written communications between counsel, and between the plaintiff's counsel and an investigator of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, under § 4-8 of the Connecticut Code of Evidence, which provides that offers to compromise or to settle a disputed claim are inadmissible?
"2. If the answer to the first question is ‘yes,’ did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the admission of that evidence caused substantial prejudice requiring reversal of the trial court's judgment?
"3. If the answer to either the first or the second question is ‘no,’ did any of the other evidentiary errors identified by the Appellate Court result in harmful error in the trial court?''