Legal Opinion
Gannon v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 18, 2017No. SJC 12136PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, C.J.
The issue presented on appeal is whether a city is entitled to summary judgment on a handicap discrimination claim under G. L. c. 15 IB, § 4 (16), where the police department limits an officer to desk duty based on an informed, good faith belief that the officer can no longer safely patrol the streets because of his perceived handicap. We conclude that summary judgment is not appropriate where there are facts in dispute as to whether the officer is a qualified handicapped person capable of performing the full duties of a patrol officer without posing an unacceptably significant risk of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Wheelock College v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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