Legal Opinion
Levy v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 27, 1996No. 15087PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBerdon, J.
The principal issue presented in this case is whether the hearing officer of the defendant commission on human rights and opportunities (commission) correctly allocated the burden of proof between the plaintiff and the defendant employer in determining if the employer was liable for a discriminatory employment practice.
The plaintiff, Donald Levy, filed a complaint with the commission alleging that the defendant Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Inc. (ESPN), discriminated against him on the basis of his physical disability — a hearing impairment — in violation of Gen*98eral Statutes §…
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