Legal Opinion
Karatihy v. Commonwealth Flats Development Corp.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 18, 2013No. 12-P-1353PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.
A Superior Court judge granted summary judgment in favor of Commonwealth Flats Development Corp., doing business as Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center (hotel), after Rachid Karatihy filed a complaint alleging retaliation by the hotel. Karatihy alleged that the hotel terminated him in retaliation for being a named plaintiff in a lawsuit claiming that the hotel violated G. L. c. 149, §§ 148 & 150 (Wage Act), and c. 149, § 152A (Tips Act).
The judge ruled in favor of the hotel because Karatihy did *254not meet his burden on causation, and thus would be unable at trial to prove an essential element…
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