Mickiewicz v. City of Boston

Gordon, Robert B., J.

Presented for decision is the Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, pursuant to which they seek dismissal of all remaining counts of the Plaintiffs Verified Complaint. These counts assert causes of action for handicap discrimination in violation of Mass. G.L.c. 151B, §1(17) (Count I), and common-law intentional infliction of emotional distress (Count II), each premised on the plaintiffs allegation that she was passed over for promotion at the Licensing Board of the City of Boston on account of her diagnosed kidney disease.1 For the reasons which follow, the evidence of…