Section 4-61dd

Citation: Section 4-61dd
Parent Document: Dept. of Public Health v. Estrada, 349 Conn. 223 (2024)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 2024-06-11
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10131752/dept-of-public-health-v-estrada/ ↗

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McDONALD, J. In this whistleblower retaliation
         action, the named defendant, Juanita Estrada, who was
         employed by the plaintiff, the Department of Public
         Health (department), claims that she made a protected
         whistleblower disclosure; see General Statutes (Rev. to
         2017) § 4-61dd;1 when she notified her supervisor that
         (1) the acting director of health for the city of Hartford
         did not have a master’s degree as he had represented
         on his resume, and (2) she had not confirmed his cre-
         dentials at the time of his appointment. A human rights
         referee (referee) with the Office of Public Hearings
         of the defendant Commission on Human Rights and
         Opportunities (commission) concluded that Estrada’s
         disclosure constituted a protected whistleblower dis-
         closure. On appeal, the trial court concluded, among
         other things, that Estrada’s disclosure to her supervisor
         did not constitute a whistleblower disclosure pursuant
         to § 4-61dd and that the commission lacked subject
         matter jurisdiction to adjudicate Estrada’s complaint
         because she had brought the same adverse personnel
         actions at issue through the grievance procedures in
         her collective bargaining agreement. The commission
         appealed to the Appellate Court, which held that the
         trial court had incorrectly determined that the commis-
         sion lacked subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate
         Estrada’s whistleblower retaliation complaint. See
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             Hereinafter, all references to § 4-61dd are to the 2017 revision of the
         statute.
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