Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Lowe's Home Center, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided November 21, 2005No. 3:04 CV 2037 RNCPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING AND ORDER
CHATIGNY, District Judge.
This case presents questions of first impression regarding removal of an action containing a claim under Connecticut’s Workers’ Compensation Act. Plaintiff, a former employee of the defendant, brought this action in Connecticut Superior Court alleging that the defendant had fired her in violation of the Act’s antiretaliation provision, Conn. Gen.Stat. § 31-290a. 1 In addition to the claim for retaliatory discharge, the complaint contained state law claims for defamation, negligent infliction of emotional distress, wrongful dissemination of personnel…
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