Legal Opinion
Frontera v. City of Somerville
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided October 13, 1998PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtCoven, J.
This is a Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A., Rule 8A appeal by the plaintiff of the dismissal of her action for breach of contract arising from the defendant’s termination of her employment.
The plaintiff had been employed by defendant City of Somerville (“the City”) for eighteen years. As a City employee, she was a member of the Somerville Municipal Employees Association (“the Union”) which had entered into a collective bargaining agreement with the City. In March, 1996, the plaintiff became seriously ill and requested use of her sick time. The Commissioner of Public Works (“the Commissioner”), who…
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- Norton v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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