Hartford Municipal Employees Ass'n v. City of Hartford

Opinion

LAVINE, J.

The defendant, city of Hartford, appeals from the judgment of the trial court vacating an arbitration award in which the arbitrators found that the defendant had just cause to terminate the employment of Luis Rodriguez-Davila, for violating the defendant’s workplace violence policy. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the court erred in vacating the arbitration award because Rodriguez-Davila was not substantially prejudiced or denied a full and fair hearing by the arbitrator’s decision to exclude evidence concerning one of the defendant’s employees who received a lesser…