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
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10758261/gentile-riaz-v-samo-thraki-llc/ ↗

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ALVORD, J. The plaintiff, Corie Gentile-Riaz, appeals
       from the judgment of the trial court granting the
       motions of the defendants, Samo Thraki, LLC, doing
       business as Midway Pizza (Midway Pizza), and Dimi-
       trios Lenoudias, to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint
       alleging retaliatory discharge in violation of General
       Statutes § 31-51m. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that
       the court improperly determined that it lacked subject
       matter jurisdiction on the ground that she failed to
       exhaust administrative remedies. We reverse the judg-
       ment of the trial court.
          The following facts, as alleged in the plaintiff’s com-
       plaint and viewed in the light most favorable to the
       plaintiff, and procedural history are relevant to our
       review of the plaintiff’s claim on appeal. The plaintiff
       commenced the present action in May, 2022, by way of
       a single count complaint alleging that her employment
       had been terminated in violation of § 31-51m. Specifi-
       cally, she alleged that she had been employed by Mid-
       way Pizza, with Lenoudias as her direct supervisor,
       from on or about February 28, 2019, through the date
       of the termination of her employment on April 13, 2022.
       The plaintiff alleged that she had ‘‘performed the duties
       of her position in a satisfactory manner throughout
       her tenure and was not subject to any discipline or
       performance issues that would have led to her termina-
       tion.’’ She alleged that she ‘‘had witnessed numerous
       health code violations throughout her employment with
       Midway Pizza and was concerned for the public’s safety.
       . . . On or about April 11, 2022, the plaintiff sent a very
       detailed email to Stephen Mansfield, Director of Health,
       Ledge Light Health District (health district) concerning
       Midway Pizza’s numerous health code violations. . . .
       Upon information and belief, an investigator from the
       health district visited the restaurant on April 12, 2022,
       and disclosed that the plaintiff had made the health
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