Legal Opinion
Boston Public Health Commission v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 20, 2006No. 05-P-939PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
Marilyn Lewis, a black woman with training in accounting and business administration, was terminated from her *405job as assistant fiscal director of the Trustees of Health and Hospitals of the City of Boston (TH&H) with one day’s notice. The alleged reasons for her discharge were corporate restructuring and an impending merger. A Superior Court judge affirmed a final administrative decision of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), ruling that the termination was the product of unlawful racial discrimination in violation of G. L. c. 151B, § 4. The MCAD award to Lewis…
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