DocketNumber: SC 16894
Citation Numbers: 266 Conn. 606
Filed Date: 11/18/2003
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 9/8/2022
Opinion
The plaintiff, Clarence O. Reynolds, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction his action against the defendants, the state department of public utility control (department) and Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (Northeast).
Our examination of the record and briefs and our consideration of the arguments of the parties persuade us that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed. The issues were resolved properly in the trial court’s concise and well reasoned memorandum of
The judgment is affirmed.
The plaintiff appealed to the Appellate Court from the judgment of the trial court, and we transferred the appeal to this court pursuant to General Statutes § 51-199 (c) and Practice Book § 65-1.
In his brief, the plaintiff also cursorily claimed that the trial court improperly found that the department had investigated his complaint and had found no merit in it. Our examination of the record discloses, however, that the plaintiff did in fact allege in his complaint to the trial court, that the department had dismissed his administrative complaint because it had found that Northeast was justified in terminating his employment. As such, the trial court properly characterized the facts as the plaintiff had pleaded them. In any event, a different characterization of the department’s findings would not help the plaintiff overcome the legal barriers to Ms cause of action or administrative appeal from the department’s findings.