A former Mohegan Sun Casino employee lost her employment discrimination case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit earlier the month. And even though there was little doubt about the outcome, the ruling reaffirmed the legal reality that Connecticut’s casino workers can’t go to federal court to press discrimination claims.
In her handwritten brief, Elizabeth Tremblay, a Griswold resident who represented herself, said she was wrongfully discharged on grounds that she was rude to a customer. Instead, Tremblay claimed that she was fired on a pretext so that someone else could get a job. Tremblay also said the loss of her job precipitated the loss of her home, damage to her credit and medical issues. “Because they are sovereign does not give them the right to treat people the way they do,” she wrote in her lawsuit, which sought $65 million in damages.
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