Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Peabody & Arnold, LLP
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 7, 2008No. 06-P-1763PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGelinas, J.
The plaintiff, Teresa M. Brooks, suffers from spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis.1 She worked as a legal secretary for the defendant, Peabody & Arnold, LLP, since *471989. After beginning short-term disability leave, the plaintiff was terminated on January 14, 2005, by the defendant because, as the defendant asserts, there was evidence that the plaintiff was exaggerating her condition and fabricating her symptoms, thus fraudulently collecting disability payments. The plaintiff then commenced this action, alleging that she was a disabled person, that the stated reason for her termination was…
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