Supreme Court of Connecticut
Priore v. Haig
September 7, 2022344 Conn. 636
Summary
The court held that a public hearing on a special permit application before a town planning and zoning commission was not quasi-judicial because it lacked meaningful procedural safeguards and the commission had limited power to regulate the information presented. Statements made during that hearing therefore were not absolutely privileged, and the dismissal of the plaintiff’s defamation action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction was improper. The court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.