Allenson v. DeMoura

The plaintiff was a teacher in the Norton Public Schools when in 1998, she filed a claim of handicap discrimination with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), which she later removed to the Superior Court. Before the case came to trial, she was terminated from her position in October 20021 by the defendant as the superintendent of the Norton Public Schools. At trial in 2003, the jury, in response to a special question, determined that plaintiff was terminated because she was “regarded” as a handicapped person, and as a result, she was awarded damages.

The plaintiff also…