loveWhile the calendar may read Valentine’s Day, I’ve tackled more than my fair share of love-themed posts in the past filled with roses and chocolates.

So instead, I’m going to go in a different direction entirely: Guns. (Though query whether the music group Guns ‘n’ Roses would care to disagree with me.)

See, there was

There is an unspoken truth about the Superior Courts in Connecticut: Summary judgment for employers in employment-related claims is typically a long shot. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule.

A case to be released by the Connecticut Appellate Court next week shows the difficulty but also shows that at least with regard to

UPDATED 2/10/09

Sometimes, by coincidence, two unrelated decision get released in close proximity to one another that they bring some greater clarity to the law.

Yesterday, I discussed a Connecticut Superior Court cacourtesy morgue file - NOT public domainse that found that certain discussions did not create an employment contract and that the employee was properly classified as "at-will".

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