Suppose an employee or tenant is the victim of housing or employment discrimination/harassment; what is the value of the ordinary (or in the court’s words “garden variety”) emotional distress that person suffers as a result of such discrimination or harassment.
I’ve actually talked about this before; back in 2021, the Appellate Court was asked
Recently, I saw a skiing dog. Oh, and it was wearing sunglasses too.
To be fair (to the dog), it was actually tucked neatly in a backpack while the owner was in line for the chairlift.
I didn’t actually see the dog skiing, but you get the picture. (Which I did capture!)
I thought I
Over the years, I’ve openly questioned whether the CHRO has been improperly awarding emotional distress damages and attorneys fees in employment discrimination claims.
Indeed, back in February 2009, I noted “Nearly 15 years ago, the Connecticut Supreme Court came out with a pair of decisions that seemed to put to rest the question of
In some types of employment law matters, employees sometimes bring a companion claim — formally known as a claim for “Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress”.
Often times it fails because it is a very difficult claim to establish in the workplace. Why? Because the employee