Legal Opinion
Sharon Laurin v. The Providence Hospital and Massachusetts Nurses Association
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 28, 1998No. 98-1020PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Sharon Laurin, a registered nurse who was discharged from her employment, challenges a summary judgment ruling which dismissed her claims for relief under the Americans With Disabilities Act, see 42 U.S.C. §§ 12112(a) (“ADA”), its state-law counterpart, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 4(16) (“Chapter 151B”), and the collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) between her former employer and her union. We affirm the district court judgment.
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BACKGROUND
From 1989 until August 1995, Laurin worked as a staff nurse in the 24-hour maternity unit at The Providence Hospital…
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