The Connecticut Department of Transportation settled a lawsuit last week filed by an employee who alleged she was bypassed for promotions and wrongly accused of harassment. Christine Aubrey says that she was suspended for 15 days in 2006 based on a false harassment claim by a male co-worker and was subsequently passed over for a promotion she was qualified for. In the settlement, the DOT promoted Aubrey to principal engineer, paid her legal fees and gave her $16,000 in back pay.