Legal Opinion
Bulwer v. Mount Auburn Hospital
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 29, 2016No. SJC 11875PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
Massachusetts law prohibits employers from discriminating against their employees on the basis of, among other things, race or national origin. See G. L. c. 151B, § 4. Because direct proof of such discrimination is rarely available, employees filing claims under G. L. c. 15IB, § 4, are permitted to prove discrimination without direct evidence of discriminatory intent, by relying on evidence that their employers gave a “false reason,” 2 or pretext, for terminating their employment. In this case, we address whether the plaintiff has produced sufficient evidence of pretext to survive his former…
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