Cilley v. Lamphere

In affirming the trial court’s conclusion that the Norwich personnel and pension board (board) lacked jurisdiction to decide the plaintiffs appeal and thus to order his transfer to the fire department, the majority opinion takes a much narrower view of the scope of the grievance procedure available to city employees than justified by the language of the merit system rules establishing that procedure. Rule XIII, § 2, of the Norwich merit system rules, provides that “[a]ll other complaints and grievances [i.e., those not involving suspensions, demotions or dismissals] which an employee may have…