A federal judge has denied a Torrington Board of Education request to dismiss a lawsuit filed on behalf of a former town bus driver fired when she criticized Board of Education member and then-candidate for state representative Molly Spino on Facebook.

In a case that hinges on what constitutes and protects First Amendment speech, U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton ruled Monday that plaintiff Ashleigh Thibault’s lawsuit against Spino and the local Board of Education can proceed.

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