Supreme Court of Connecticut, 1998

Gedney v. Board of Education

Gedney v. Board of Education
Supreme Court of Connecticut · Decided January 22, 1998 · Berdon
243 Conn. 968; 707 A.2d 1268; 1998 Conn. LEXIS 35

Gedney v. Board of Education

Opinion of the Court

The plaintiffs petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 47 Conn. App. 297 (AC 16398), is denied.

Dissenting Opinion

BERDON, J.,

dissenting. I would grant certification on the following issue: Whether the Appellate Court correctly concluded that, for purposes of § 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and article twenty-one of the amendments to the Connecticut constitution, the plaintiffs employment termination was not “solely by reason of his disability.”

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