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BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS & OPPORTUNITIES

(15059), (15060)

232 Conn. 91 (1995)

BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released January 31, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael N. LaVelle, for the appellant in Docket No. 15059, appellee in Docket No. 15060 (plaintiff).

Philip A. Murphy, Jr., commission counsel, with whom was Charles Krich, staff attorney, for the appellee in Docket No. 15059, appellant in Docket No. 15060 (named defendant).

Jonathan L. Gould and Barbara E. Gardner filed a brief for the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

CALLAHAN, KATZ, PALMER, F. FREEDMAN and M. HENNESSEY, JS.

KATZ, J.

The issue before the court is whether General Statutes § 46a-86,1 authorizes the award of damages for emotional distress and attorney's fees for a violation of General Statutes § 46a-60 (a) (1).2 We conclude that it does not.

The following facts are undisputed. On October 27, 1986, the complainant, Susan Frederick, pursuant to

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