Scott v. Boston Housing Authority

I agree that affirmance is in order after three trials and a clear and strong jury finding of discriminatory animus reflected in the jury’s “yes” answer to a special question that the defendants, the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and Robert Firth, knew or had reason to know that their actions ending Scott’s work under contract were in violation of age discrimination law. To be sure, the jury’s harmonious and discerning answers to seventeen special questions reflect a comprehensive jury analysis, with consistent and reasoned determinations that wilful age discrimination had been proved and…