Moreau v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

Moriarty, Cornelius J., J.

*581FACTUAL BACKGROUND

This case involves a claim of handicap discrimination brought by the plaintiff, Penny Moreau (Ms. Mo-reau), against her former employer, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). The facts which give rise to this action are as follows.

Ms. Moreau began working for MassMutual in 1986 as a file clerk. Over the ensuing years she held a variety of clerical jobs until 1998 when she assumed the position of mail messenger. Sometime during that year she developed degenerative disk disease. As a result she requested and received from…