DocketNumber: No. CV 97 03988
Citation Numbers: 1998 Conn. Super. Ct. 15663, 23 Conn. L. Rptr. 555
Judges: JONES, JUDGE.
Filed Date: 12/24/1998
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 7/5/2016
According to the plaintiff's complaint the new supervisor was abusive and hypercritical of her, subjecting her to unjustified accusations and criticism. The complaint alleges, inter alia, that the plaintiff's health was threatened by this treatment, and that although she sought relief through a transfer to another position, management at SNET refused to permit the transfer. The complaint further alleges that as a result of severe job stress caused by the new supervisor's harassment and SNET's refusal to transfer her to another position, the plaintiff suffered a relapse of her medical condition and that she was disabled from work as of August 2, 1995. After her physician certified that she could return to work if not under her current worker's supervision, the plaintiff did return specifically to another position which had no contact with the allegedly abusive supervisor.
The plaintiff claims that by allowing her to be subjected to mistreatment and by not transferring her earlier, despite knowledge of her prior medical condition and despite knowledge of her supervisor's conduct, SNET is liable for the infliction of emotional distress which she suffered and which she continues to suffer.
Defendant Southern New England Telephone Company moves to strike plaintiff Sheila Taylor's complaint of negligent infliction of emotional distress because, according to the defendant Connecticut does not recognize such a cause of action in the employment context unless it allegedly occurs in the context of terminating an employee's employment — a situation not alleged in this case. CT Page 15665
In deciding a Motion to Strike the court must take the facts alleged in the complaint as true. See Parson's v. UnitedTechnologies Corp.,
Inasmuch as the alleged conduct did not occur in the termination process, the Motion to Strike is granted.
Clarance J. Jones, Judge
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