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Cotto v. United Technologies Corp.

Citations

  • 251 Conn. 1
  • 738 A.2d 623
  • 15 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 993
  • 1999 Conn. LEXIS 354

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that § 31-51q “should not be construed so as to transform every dispute about working conditions into a constitutional question”
  • stating that protected activity is activity that in “no way [has] to do with job performance, or on the job [occurrences], or interfer[ence] with . . . employment”
  • holding the statute’s protections extend into the private workplace
  • in ruling on motion to strike \the facts alleged in the plaintiff's complaint must be taken to be true\
  • in ruling on motion to strike “the facts alleged in the plaintiffs complaint must be taken to be true”
  • presumption that legislature has created consistent body of law warrants interpretation of statute that conforms with existing statutes

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Judges: Berdon, Borden, Callahan, Katz, McDonald, Peters

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