Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 17, 1996PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
Mary C. O’Brien was awarded judgment against Edwin H. Hurley, Jr., for intentional interference with her contractual relations with her employer, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company (NET). She was also awarded judgment against NET for wrongful termination of her implied contract of employment. We allowed the defendants’ application for direct appellate review.
Hurley, who was O’Brien’s supervisor in NET’S marketing department in Springfield, argues that the judge should not have submitted the claim against him to the jury. We shall determine that the jury could reasonably have concluded…
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