Discrimination Cases

The plaintiff, a certified nursing assistant, sought to recover damages from the defendant for an alleged violation of the Connecticut Fair Employ- ment Practices Act (CFEPA) (§ 46a-60), for failing to hire the plaintiff, who is hard of hearing, on the basis of her disability. During the hiring…

The intervening plaintiff C filed a complaint with the plaintiff Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities alleging discrimination in housing against the defendant. The commission filed a complaint in the trial court, claiming that the defendant had engaged in a prohibited discrimi- natory…

The defendant Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities appealed from the judgment of the trial court vacating the damages award granted by its human rights referee to the defendant employee, P, for garden- variety emotional distress in a sexual harassment complaint against the plaintiff…

The plaintiff sought to recover damages from the defendants for alleged discriminatory conduct. The plaintiff filed a discrimination complaint with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities alleging that the defendant town of East Lyme discriminated against him on the basis of national…

The plaintiff employer appealed to the trial court from the decision of the defendant Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities sustaining a disability discrimination complaint filed by the defendant employee, L, and awarding L, inter alia, back pay and emotional distress damages. L, who is…

Disability discrimination summary judgment substantially limited major life activity disabled as a matter of law epilepsy is a physical impairment genuine issue of material fact. The trial court erred by granting summary judgment to the defendant-employer and determining that the plaintiff-employee…

Reversed and remanded as to BOLI's conclusion that Kaiser, Mitchell, and Struhar aided and abetted sexual harassment and were joint and severally liable; otherwise affirmed.