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emotional distress; hence, the treatments at the mental
hospital: The Institute of Living.
Petitioners therefore appear primarily to contend that,
notwithstanding the language of the settlement agreement, the
$30,000 amount was in fact paid on account of a physical injury.
That injury was allegedly sustained to Mr. Oyelola’s lips, as a
result of sleep walking brought on by the emotional distress
ensuing from the claimed discrimination. Alternatively,
petitioners seem to suggest that the lip injury, not the
discrimination itself, was the root cause of the emotional
distress. In making these arguments, petitioners emphasize that
the lip injury was communicated to the Connecticut Commission on
Human Rights and Opportunities in conjunction with Mr. Oyelola’s
1996 complaint.
At trial, petitioners introduced into evidence a copy of a
supplemental affidavit filed by Mr. Oyelola with the Connecticut
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. The 30-page
document contains a single paragraph discussing physical injury,
specifically a March 14, 1991, incident involving harm to Mr.
Oyelola’s lips:
8. My manager’s constant remarks wore me down. I
lost a lost of sleep, and I hardly ate properly. In
1990 [sic], during the course of this treatment, I had
a heart failure one night and collapsed. When I
regained consciousness, I was in a pool of blood. My
two upper teeth pierced through my lower lip. I was
rushed to Rockville/Vernon Hospital emergency room (see
attached hospital records as Exhibit A). I
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