Legal Opinion
Green v. Town of Brookline
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 30, 2001No. 99-P-1636PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.
The town of Brookline (town) appeals from a decision of the reviewing board (board) of the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) awarding worker’s compensation benefits for emotional distress to the town’s former employee, Barbara F. Green. The central issue is whether the administrative judge for the DIA erred by failing to give preclusive effect to issues decided by a hearing officer for the Civil Service Commission (commission) in an earlier proceeding in which Green had appealed her discharge.1
We agree with the town that the administrative judge erred as matter of law in failing to…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Martin v. RingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Home Owners Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Northwestern Fire & Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Wynn & Wynn, P.C. v. Massachusetts Commission against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Albert v. Municipal Court of the City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Tuper v. North Adams Ambulance Service, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- McLaughlin v. City of LowellMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2013
- Petrillo v. Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
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