JACOBS v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 17380.

880 A.2d 151 (2005)

275 Conn. 395

Stephen M. JACOBS v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided September 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacques J. Parenteau, Hartford, with whom, on the brief, was Todd D. Steigman, legal intern, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Richard Voight, with whom was Robert J. Gallo, Hartford, for the appellee (defendant).

SULLIVAN, C.J., and BORDEN, PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE and MACK, Js.


VERTEFEUILLE, J.

This appeal arises out of an employment discrimination action brought by the plaintiff, Stephen M. Jacobs, against the defendant, General Electric Company, alleging age discrimination in a decision to lay off the plaintiff as part of a reduction in the defendant's workforce. The dispositive issues in this appeal are whether the trial court properly charged the jury regarding the plaintiff's burden of proof with regard

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