Dorfman v. Smith, 342 Conn. 582 (2022)
- Citation
- Dorfman v. Smith, 342 Conn. 582 (2022)
- Parent Document
- Dorfman v. Smith, 342 Conn. 582 (2022)
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut (state)
- Effective Date
- 2022-03-29
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Full Text
2,359 chars. . . Bad faith in general implies both actual or con-
structive fraud, or a design to mislead or deceive
another, or a neglect or refusal to fulfill some duty or
some contractual obligation, not prompted by an honest
mistake as to one’s rights or duties, but by some inter-
ested or sinister motive. . . . Bad faith means more
than mere negligence; it involves a dishonest purpose.’’
(Internal quotation marks omitted.) Capstone Building
Corp. v. American Motorists Ins. Co., 308 Conn. 760,
794–95, 67 A.3d 961 (2013). ‘‘[V]iolations of express
duties are necessary to maintain a bad faith cause of
action.’’ Id., 797.
In the present case, the majority concludes that,
because the plaintiff’s bad faith claim is based on
alleged misconduct during the litigation, it is barred by
the litigation privilege. See part II of the majority opin-
ion. In part II B of this opinion, I explain why I disagree
with the majority’s conclusion that the plaintiff’s bad
faith claim is based exclusively on litigation conduct
and why the prelitigation misconduct at issue is action-
able in a bad faith claim under Connecticut law. In part
II C, I explain why, to the extent that the claim is based
on litigation conduct, the majority’s analysis fails to
adequately grapple with the relevant legal principles.
B
In the operative complaint, the plaintiff alleges that
the defendant ‘‘agreed to pay [her] all sums [that she]
was legally entitled to recover from the owner or opera-
tor of an uninsured or underinsured motor vehicle for
damages resulting from bodily injury sustained by [her]
in an accident involving the maintenance or use of the
uninsured or underinsured motor vehicle, up to the
limits of its contract.’’ Although the operative complaint
is not a model of clarity, it fairly can be read as also
alleging that all of the conditions for the performance
of the defendant’s obligation to pay her for her bodily
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