# Connecticut Legal Issues | Trellis

> Every legal issue Trellis tracks in Connecticut Superior Courts, with a link to each issue's page of example rulings and judge data.

Last updated: 2026-10-26

## Election Law Legal Issues

- [Election Contest](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/election-contest-connecticut-3477): An election contest is a legal proceeding challenging election results, distinct from challenging election laws themselves.

## Labor & Employment Legal Issues

- [Disparate Treatment](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/whistleblower-act-claims-connecticut-1749): App. 141, 155 n.10 \[Conn.
- [Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodations](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/failure-to-provide-reasonable-accommodations-connecticut-1743): App. 103, 114 \[stating that “\[a\]lthough this case concerns Connecticut law, our Supreme Court has held that ‘we review federal precedent concerning employment discrimination for guidance in enforcing our own antidiscrimination statutes.”\]; citing as well, Curry v. Allan S. Goodman, Inc. (2008) 286 Conn. 390, 415.)
- [Hostile Work Environment](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/retaliation-in-employment-connecticut-1746): Co. (2012) 304 Conn. 679, 696 quoting Rodrigue v. Triumph Actuation Systems–Connecticut, LLC, supra, Superior Court, Docket No. CV–11–6020397S \[disability discrimination\]; Tosado v. State, supra, Superior Court, Docket No. CV–03–0402149S \[race, national origin, and ancestry discrimination\]; Bramwell v. State, supra, Superior Court, Docket No. CV–97–0481200S \[race discrimination\]; Hartford v. Casati, supra, Superior Court, Docket No. CV–00–0599086S \[race discrimination\]; see also Smith v. Cingular Wireless,579 F.Supp.2d 231 (D.Conn.2008) \[Title VII hostile work environment claim based on store manager's refusal to accommodate plaintiff's back injury\].)
- [Pregnancy Discrimination](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/parental-leave-fmla-interference-retaliation-claims-connecticut-1744): Legal Issue: Pregnancy Discrimination for Connecticut.
- [Retaliation/Whistleblower Act Claims](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/disparate-treatment-adverse-impact-connecticut-1748): Super.
- [Sex/Gender Discrimination](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/sex-gender-discrimination-connecticut-1745): Sex and gender discrimination claims under CFEPA are evaluated under the familiar burden-shifting framework of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973). (See, e.g., Kaytor v. Elec.
- [Sexual Harassment](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/sexual-harassment-connecticut-1747): App. 9, 12 citing Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth (1998) 524 U.S. 742, 752.)
- [Unpaid Wage Claims](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/unpaid-wage-claims-connecticut-1751): Legal Issue: Unpaid Wage Claims for Connecticut.
- [Workers’ Compensation Claims](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/workers-compensation-claims-connecticut-1750): App. 705, 706; General Statutes § 31-284 (a).)
- [Wrongful Termination – Employment Contract](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/wrongful-termination-employment-contract-connecticut-1752): Legal Issue: Wrongful Termination – Employment Contract for Connecticut.

## Landlord – Tenant Legal Issues

- [Abandonment by Tenant](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/abandonment-by-tenant-connecticut-1758): Legal Issue: Abandonment by Tenant for Connecticut.
- [Adverse Possession](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/housing-discrimination-connecticut-1757): App. 436, 442; Clark v. Drska (1984) 1 Conn.
- [Housing Discrimination](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/sublease-connecticut-1761): App. 340, 344 n.5; General Statutes § 46a-64c (a) (6) (A).)
- [Landlord Liability for Tenet Injuries](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/tenancy-at-will-connecticut-1759): Legal Issue: Landlord Liability for Tenet Injuries for Connecticut.
- [Landlord Obligations](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/breach-warranty-habitability-connecticut-1754): Legal Issue: Landlord Obligations for Connecticut.
- [Landlord Right to Enter](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/joint-tenancy-connecticut-1760): Jan. 20, 2015).)
- [Lease Agreements](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/constructive-eviction-connecticut-1755): App. 326, 338; Clean Corp. v. Foston (1993) 33 Conn.
- [Lease Termination](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/adverse-possession-connecticut-1762): Legal Issue: Lease Termination for Connecticut.
- [Tenant Rights](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/breach-covenant-quiet-enjoyment-connecticut-1753): Super.
- [Unlawful Eviction](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/unlawful-eviction-connecticut-1756): App. 658, 664 n.7; Cerruti v. Burdick (1943) 130 Conn. 284, 286-87.)

## Torts Legal Issues

- [Affirmative Defenses (self defense, defense of property, etc.)](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/affirmative-defenses-self-defense-defense-property-etc-connecticut-1772): Affirmative defenses are legal defenses that a defendant can assert in response to a plaintiff's complaint.
- [Civil Battery and Assault](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/civil-battery-connecticut-1766): Legal Issue: Civil Battery and Assault for Connecticut.
- [Damages](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/damages-connecticut-1771): Legal Issue: Damages for Connecticut.
- [Defamation](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/defamation-connecticut-1768): Legal Issue: Defamation for Connecticut.
- [False Imprisonment](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/false-imprisonment-connecticut-1769): State Univ. (2014) 95 A.3d 1248, 1254-55.)
- [Fraud](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/intentional-tort-connecticut-1765): App. Ct. May 4, 2021); Chiulli v. Zola (2006) 97 Conn.
- [Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/intentional-infliction-emotional-distress-connecticut-1767): App. 11, 20; Ancona v. Manafort Bros., Inc. (2000) 56 Conn.
- [Negligence](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/negligence-connecticut-1763): Legal Issue: Negligence for Connecticut.
- [Strict Liability](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/strict-liability-connecticut-1764): App. 105, 110; Vitanza v. Upjohn Co. (2001) 257 Conn. 365, 373-74; Giglio v. Connecticut Light Power Co. (1980) 180 Conn. 230, 233, 429 A.2d 486.)
- [Trespass](https://trellis.law/ct/issue-type/trespass-connecticut-1770): Super.