WOODCOCK v. JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.

(14894), (14895)

230 Conn. 525 (1994)

CARLA C. WOODCOCK v. JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Robinson, with whom, on the brief, was Clifford J. Grandjean, for the appellant in the first case (defendant Green Manor Corporation).

Wesley W. Horton and David F. Sherwood, with whom were Karen L. Murdoch and, on the brief, Susan M. Cormier, and Michael S. Taylor and Tanya Feliciano, certified legal interns, for the appellants in the second case (named defendant et al.).

William F. Gallagher, with whom, on the brief, were Elizabeth A. Gallagher and Thomas P. Barrett, for the appellee in both cases (plaintiff).

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, BERDON, KATZ and PALMER, JS.


CALLAHAN, J.

The defendants in this libel action have appealed from the trial court's denial of their motions to set aside the verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Carla C. Woodcock. The plaintiff, a member of the South Windsor planning and zoning commission from 1987 to 1989, filed a four count libel action against the defendants. The first count of the complaint alleged that the...

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