Legal Opinion
Blanchette v. School Committee of Westwood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 6, 1998PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
The plaintiff, Doris Blanchette, a former employee of the defendant, school committee of Westwood (committee), commenced this action in the Superior Court, alleging that the committee, in violation of G. L. c. 15IB, § 4 (4), retaliated against her by evaluating her unfairly and by failing to renew her employment because she had filed a charge of sexual harassment with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD).
The committee moved to dismiss or for summary judgment, contending that the claims raised in this action had been…
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