Legal Opinion
Flagg v. AliMed, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 19, 2013PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
The Commonwealth’s antidiscrimination statute, G. L. c. 151B, § 4 (16), bars employment discrimination on the basis of handicap. This case presents the question whether the statute bars an employer from discriminating against its employee based on the handicap of a person with whom the employee associates. We answer that, in the circumstances of this case, it does.1
Background. The plaintiff, Marc Flagg, appeals from the dismissal of his second amended complaint (complaint)2 against his former employer, the defendant, AliMed, Inc. (AliMed). The complaint contained claims of defamation and of…
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