Michel v. Hartford, 226 Conn. App. 98 (2024)

Citation: Michel v. Hartford, 226 Conn. App. 98 (2024)
Parent Document: Michel v. Hartford, 226 Conn. App. 98 (2024)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 2024-06-11
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10131855/michel-v-hartford/ ↗

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employee to redress her claim of gender discrimination;
          id., 126; and explained that ‘‘[g]ender discrimination in
          employment is without doubt a matter of public con-
          cern. . . . Indeed, we have held repeatedly that when
          a public employee’s speech regards the existence of
          discrimination in the workplace, such speech is a matter
          of public concern. . . . [S]peech is of particular public
          concern when it involves actual or potential testimony
          in court or in administrative procedures. Protection of
          the courts’ interest in candid and truthful testimony,
          coupled with the rights of discrimination victims to
          seek protection in legal action, makes testimony or
          prospective testimony in discrimination suits a mat-
          ter of particular public interest.’’ (Citations omitted;
          emphasis added.) Id., 125. The court therefore deter-
          mined that, if the plaintiff could prove that being identi-
          fied as a witness in the fellow employee’s lawsuit was
          a partial motivation for the retaliation she allegedly
          suffered, ‘‘then her [f]irst [a]mendment claim would
          certainly lie.’’ Id.

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