Former CT DPH chief Coleman-Mitchell settles termination suit

Former CT DPH chief Coleman-Mitchell settles termination suit

Renée D. Coleman-Mitchell, who was dismissed by Gov. Ned Lamont as Connecticut’s commissioner of public health in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, has settled her federal wrongful termination suit with the state for $200,000. The settlement signed Monday requires the state to pay $160,000 to the former commissioner for “compensatory damages for emotional distress, personal physical injuries, and physical sickness” and $40,000 to her la…