Legal Opinion
Hobson v. McLean Hospital Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 16, 1988PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The plaintiff was employed at the defendant McLean Hospital Corporation (hospital) for approximately twenty years. Following her discharge the plaintiff filed a four-count complaint seeking damages against the hospital for breach of her employment contract (count one); against the hospital and the individual defendants for the “common law tort” of wrongfully terminating an employee in retaliation for her enforcement of State and municipal laws and regulations (count two); against the hospital and the individual defendants for violation of civil rights (count three); and against the individual…
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