Legal Opinion
Police Department of Boston v. Kavaleski
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 6, 2012PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuffly, J.
Since 2005, Jill Kavaleski has sought employment as a police officer with the Boston police department (department). The department has, on three occasions, extended conditional offers of appointment to Kavaleski, each of which was *681contingent upon her successful completion of a psychological screening process. On each occasion, department psychiatrists found Kavaleski psychologically unqualified for the job, and the department “bypassed” her for appointment as a police officer. See G. L. c. 31, § 27. This case arises from the third such bypass, which Kavaleski appealed to the Civil Service…
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