Legal Opinion
Higgins v. Town of Concord
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 31, 2017No. 16-CV-10641-DLCPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS TOWN OF CONCORD, KATE HODGES AND CHRISTOPHER WHELAN’S MOTION TO DISMISS (Dkt. No. 10)
CABELL, U.S.M.J.:
The plaintiff, Pamela Higgins (“the plaintiff’ or Higgins), worked for the town of Concord, Massachusetts (“Concord” or “the Town”) for several years, reportedly without incident. She alleges that the Town and two of its employees, Kate Hodges (Hodges) and Christopher Whelan (Whelan), (collectively, “the defendants”), retaliated against her for taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for her husband, by fabricating disciplinary…
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