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Gentile-Riaz v. Samo Thraki, LLC (2025)

Citation
Gentile-Riaz v. Samo Thraki, LLC (2025)
Parent Document
Gentile-Riaz v. Samo Thraki, LLC (2025)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
2025-12-16

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The plaintiff appealed from the trial court’s judgment granting the defen-
         dants’ motions to dismiss her retaliatory discharge action, which alleged a
         violation of the whistleblower statute (§ 31-51m). The plaintiff, while
         employed at a pizza restaurant owned by the defendant S Co. and managed by
         the defendant L, submitted a complaint to the local health district reporting
         unsanitary conditions at the restaurant. The day after a health inspector
         visited the restaurant and disclosed that the plaintiff had made the complaint,
         the defendants terminated her employment. The plaintiff claimed that the
         trial court erred in determining that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction on
         the ground that she had failed to exhaust administrative remedies available
         through the Department of Labor, as required by § 31-51m (c). Held: