CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & OPPORTUNITIES

(12373)

195 Conn. 226 (1985)

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WATERBURY v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES EX REL. JAMES M. TRAINOR ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina G. Dunnell, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general for the appellant (defendant).

Antony A. Casagrande, assistant corporation counsel with whom, on the brief, were Carl R. Cicchetti, corporation counsel, and Noel A. Ruggiero, assistant corporation counsel, for the appellee (plaintiff).

PETERS, C. J., HEALEY, PARSKEY, SHEA and DANNEHY, JS.


PARSKEY, J.

This case involves discrimination in employment because of age. The dramatis personae are the complainant, James Trainor, a firefighter employed by the city of Waterbury, the plaintiff civil service commission of the city of Waterbury (commission) and the defendant commission on human rights and opportunities (CHRO). Standing in the wings is Michael Griffin, a fellow firefighter and the innocent beneficiary of the claimed discriminatory action.

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