Westvaco Corp. Envelope Division v. Campbell

MEMORANDUM REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS 1

(Docket Nos. 19 & 22)

PONSOR, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.

In November 1988, Robert Prenosil (“Prenosil” or “employee”) began a leave of absence from a job at Westvaco Corporation (“Westvaco” or “plaintiff’) that he had held for more than thirty years. The leave lasted two years, during which time Prenosil sought treatment for severe depression. Prenosil returned to work for about a month in early 1991, then left permanently due to his illness.

In June of 1992, plaintiff brought a claim under Massachusetts workers’…