Connecticut’s whistleblower doctrine provides that employees can sue for wrongful discharge if they show their terminations violated state or federal public policy. Established in Sheets v. Teddy’s Frosted Foods, the 1980 state Supreme Court ruling has been used to protect workers who report fraud or other criminal acts in the workplace.
One such case, Kennedy and Hadden v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., was scheduled to go to trial on May 20 in U.S. District Court in Waterbury. The case was shifted from state to federal court on a defense motion.
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