Legal Opinion
Russell v. Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 8, 2002PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
This case presents a question of first impression in *444the Commonwealth: whether an employee who receives workers’ compensation benefits for “temporary total disability” is precluded from claiming that she is a “qualified handicapped person,” capable of performing “the essential functions of the position involved” with or without “reasonable accommodation,” for purposes of claiming employment discrimination under G. L. c. 151B, § 4 (16). A Superior Court judge granted summary judgment for the defendants, concluding that the plaintiff was barred from claiming that she was a “qualified…
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