Legal Opinion
Bournewood Hospital, Inc. v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 4, 1976PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
On October 28, 1970, Ellen J. Silberberg filed a complaint (the first complaint) with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), in which she alleged that Bournewood Hospital, Inc. (Bournewood or the hospital), was discriminating against her on the basis of sex in violation of G. L. c. 151B, § 4, cl. I.2 In the first complaint, Silberberg claimed that she was being paid ten cents an hour less than male occupational therapist assistants at Bournewood who were performing the same tasks for the hospital as she. On September 22, 1971, Silberberg filed a second complaint with the…
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