Legal Opinion
Scott v. Boston Housing Authority
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 24, 2002No. 00-P-354PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
On the basis of a jury verdict, the trial judge ordered entry of a judgment that the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and its general construction superintendent, Robert A. Firth, had acted in violation of G. L. c. 15IB, § 4, by failing to renew the plaintiff Robert L. Scott’s contract with that agency. The unlaw-*288fui discrimination, as found by the jury, was based on age. Aggregate damages assessed against the defendants under the judgment came to $751,436.2
The appeal, lodged on behalf of both defendants, falls into two parts: first, that the defendants were entitled to allowance of their…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Payton v. Abbott LabsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Blare v. Husky Injection Molding Systems Boston, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995
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3Cited by9 opinions
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