Legal Opinion
Tardanico v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 8, 1996No. 94-P-1888PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Aetna Life & Casualty Company (Aetna) fired Donald Tardanico, a senior technical automobile claims representative, on April 29, 1991, for the stated reason that he had falsified repair appraisals. At the time, Tardanico was fifty-seven years old and had been in Aetna’s employ for thirteen years. In a complaint filed with the Superior Court, he claimed age discrimination in violation of G. L. c. 15 IB, *444§ 4.1 A judge in that court, acting on a motion for summary judgment, ruled that: (a) Tardanico had complied with the jurisdictional prerequisite of first filing a charge of unlawful…
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