Legal Opinion
Psy-Ed Corporation v. KLEIN HIRSCH
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 12, 2011No. SJC-10722PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
This case involves bitter litigation spanning more than a decade. It raises the question, among others, whether actions taken by an employer against a former employee may violate G. L. c. 15IB, § 4 (4) and (4A), sections of the anti-discrimination law that respectively prohibit retaliation and interference with a protected right. On this question, we conclude that an employer or other person may be liable to a former employee under these sections for retaliatory or interfering conduct that occurs after the employment relationship has terminated. We defer all discussion of the additional…
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