Legal Opinion
Caron v. Silvia
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 23, 1992No. 90-P-1051PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFine, J.
Judith Caron is a cigarette smoker. From 1980 until she was fired in 1988, she was employed as a social worker in the Attleboro office of the Department of Public Welfare (department). Caron’s smoking in the workplace was a source of controversy with her supervisors. Because of *272the controversy and the attention it attracted, she was invited in late 1987 to appear on a national television program, “60 Minutes,” and in early 1988 on two local television talk shows. Soon after those appearances, ostensibly on grounds of insubordination, her employment was terminated.2
Caron filed a complaint…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Brum v. Town of DartmouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Howcroft v. City of PeabodyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Global Waste Recycling, Inc. v. MalletteSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2000
- Shaheed-Muhammad v. DipaoloDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2005
- Pereira v. Commissioner of Social ServicesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
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