Adriani v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities

The plaintiff, John N. Adriani, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing his appeal from a decision of the named defendant, the commission on human rights and opportunities (commission). The commission had dismissed the plaintiffs employment discrimination complaint without a hearing on the basis of its finding that there was no reasonable cause to believe that a discriminatory practice had been committed by the plaintiffs employer. Because we conclude that the trial court improperly denied the plaintiff the opportunity to present evidence extrinsic to the record, we remand the…