Harrison v. Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment for the defendant, Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (BFDS). All the materials that were before the motion judge are also before us on appeal. Cf. Pilch v. Ware, 8 Mass. App. Ct. 779, 780 (1979). Contrast Cambridge Hous. Authy. v. Civil Serv. Commn., 7 Mass. App. Ct. 586, 588 (1979). On review of this record, we have little difficulty con- eluding that the judge erred in allowing the defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

The plaintiff, Emma Harrison, an African-American woman, was employed as a “microfilmer” by BFDS in December, 1984,…