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Lavery, C. J., and Mihalakos and Peters, Js. Argued May 8--officially released July 25, 2000 Counsel

Linda Clough, with whom, on the brief, was Lawrence H. Dickson, for the appellant (plaintiff). Charles F. Corcoran III, with whom, on the brief, were Howard K. Levine and Joshua L. Milrad, for the appellee (defendant).
Opinion

MIHALAKOS, J. The plaintiff, John W. Lawson, appeals from the judgment rendered following a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, Aetna Life Insurance Company, on a claim of a breach of an implied contract of employment. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court (1) improperly charged the jury on his claim for lost wages as to the legal effect of his seeking selfemployment following his termination by the defendant, (2) improperly granted the defendant's multiple motions to strike certain language from the plaintiff's

original and amended complaints after determining that a claim of a breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing was barred by the statute of limitations and (3) abused its discretion in denying the plaintiff's request for a jury interrogatory on a damages calculation, which request was made after the jury began its deliberations. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. The following facts and procedural history are relevant to our resolution of this appeal. On November 9, 1990, the plaintiff commenced an action in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in a three count complaint alleging (1) a violation of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C.

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