CT Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Glastonbury Man Who's Suing UBS

A Glastonbury man has won a round in the Connecticut Supreme Court that reportedly has ruled that state law and the state Constitution bans private employers from disciplining workers for speech regarding “matters of significant public interest.”

According to Fox Connecticut, the court ruled in favor of Richard Trusz of Glastonbury, a former worker at a UBS AG subsidiary. Trusz claims when he was fired in 2008, it was in violation of his free speech rights, after repeatedly warning that properties held in the company’s investment funds were overvalued by millions of dollars, and is suing UBS and the subsidiary UBS Realty Investors for back pay and punitive damages, according to the report.

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The court released its decision Monday, according to the Fox report that can be found here.