Legal Opinion
Trustees of Health & Hospitals of the City of Boston, Inc. v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 10, 2007PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) adopted a hearing commissioner’s determination that the Trustees of Health and Hospitals of the City of Boston, Inc. (Trustees), unlawfully discriminated against the five individual complainants on the basis of their race (African-American) and gender (female) by subjecting them to harsh treatment in the implementation of layoffs on July 19 and 20, 19942; and awarded them damages for emotional distress, plus attorney’s fees and costs. The Trustees sought judicial review under G. L. c. 151B, § 6. A judge in the Superior Court allowed…
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