Legal Opinion
McMahon v. Digital Equipment Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 7, 1998No. 98-1459PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Carolyn McMahon, a five-year employee of the Digital Equipment Corporation (“Digital”), accepted a new job with Digital in a town one hundred miles from her home. After McMahon’s back condition worsened as a result of her new, more demanding commute, Digital declined to offer relocation benefits, but did place McMahon on short-term disability leave for several months. Once it determined that McMahon was no longer disabled under the terms of its disability policy, Digital required her to return to work, and then terminated her four days later as part of a general reduction…
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