ANN HOWARD'S APRICOTS RESTAURANT, INC. v. CHRO

(15231)

237 Conn. 209 (1996)

ANN HOWARD'S APRICOTS RESTAURANT, INC. v. COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Krich, assistant commission counsel, with whom was Philip A. Murphy, Jr., commission counsel, for the appellant (named defendant).

Gregg D. Adler, with whom was Anne Goldstein, for the appellants (defendant John Doe II et al.).

Frederick L. Dorsey, with whom was William A. Ryan, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Catherine Hanssens, Kathleen A. Sullivan and David Lesser, law student intern, filed a brief for the Connecticut AIDS Action Council et al. as amici curiae.

Callahan, Borden, Berdon, Norcott and Katz, Js.


KATZ, J.

The principal issue on appeal is whether the trial court properly determined that a hearing officer for the commission on human rights and opportunities had abused her discretion in failing to strike the direct testimony of a defendant who died before he could be fully cross-examined. We disagree in part with the trial court and, consequently, reverse the judgment in part.

This case began in 1991 when the defendant John Doe II, a waiter employed at...

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