DEOLIVEIRA v. LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO.

Nos. 17132, 17169.

870 A.2d 1066 (2005)

273 Conn. 487

Antonio DeOLIVEIRA v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. FitzMaurice, with whom was Michelle I. Turner, Hartford, for the appellant (defendant).

Laurence V. Parnoff, Bridgeport, with whom was Robert A. Serafinowicz, for the appellee (plaintiff).

William F. Gallagher and Patricia Nielsen filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and ZARELLA, Js.


KATZ, J.

This consolidated action1 is the culmination of fifteen years of litigation between the plaintiff, Antonio DeOliveira, and the defendant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, resulting in multiple lawsuits alleging, in essence, that the defendant unreasonably delayed its processing of the plaintiff's workers' compensation claim, thereby causing him to suffer psychological injuries in addition to his physical injury. The action comes...

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