Legal Opinion
Lyon v. Jones
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 5, 2009No. SC 18096PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZARELLA, J.
Following our grant of certification, 1 the plaintiff, Geraldine D. Lyon, appealed from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the trial court, claming that the Appellate Court incorrectly interpreted General Statutes §§ 46a-60 and 46a-70 as barring the plaintiffs employment discrimination action under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The defendants, the office of the attorney general (attorney general’s office) and certain of its employees, Virginia Jones and Edward Reynolds, although agreeing with the plaintiff that the Appellate Court…
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