Opinion
09-15-2020
Stephen W. SCHOLZ v. Juda J. EPSTEIN
Jonathan J. Klein, in support of the petition. Daniel J. Krisch, Hartford, Joshua M. Auxier and Stephen P. Fogerty, Westport, in opposition.
Jonathan J. Klein, in support of the petition.
Daniel J. Krisch, Hartford, Joshua M. Auxier and Stephen P. Fogerty, Westport, in opposition.
The plaintiff's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 198 Conn. App. 197, 232 A.3d 1155 (AC 42419), is granted, limited to the following issue:
"Under the circumstances of this case, did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the defendant attorney enjoyed absolute immunity from the plaintiff's claim of statutory theft, arising from the defendant's conduct during prior judicial proceedings?"