United States Second Circuit

The Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act does not recognize a cause of action for perceived physical disability discrimination. Summary judgment for defendant affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2002
• Decided 07/21/2003
• Published 07/21/2003

Judges

• CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge., Before:  VAN GRAAFEILAND, CARDAMONE, and JACOBS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter Goselin, Hartford, Connecticut (Gregg D. Adler, Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly, P.C., Hartford, Connecticut, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant., Charles Krich, Hartford, Connecticut (Philip A. Murphy, Jr., Commission Counsel, Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, Hartford, Connecticut, of counsel), filed a brief on behalf of Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Henry A. Platt, Washington, D.C. (Anessa Abrams, Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Shepard, P.C., Washington, D.C.;  Edward J. Dempsey, Labor Counsel, United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, Connecticut, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.