Bennett v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

The plaintiff, Beverly Bennett (“Bennett”), brought this suit against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authorily (“MBTA”)1 asserting numerous causes of action arising out of her discharge from the MBTA’s employment in July of 1992. Trial on the plaintiffs claims was bifurcated to address first Bennett’s challenge to the mandatory, random urinalysis drug testing program implemented by the MBTA. The legal claims at issue during the first phase of the bifurcated trial are the plaintiffs claims for relief under 42 U.S.C. §1983 for alleged violation of the right to be free from unreasonable…