Brelin-Penney v. Encore Images, Inc.

Kaplan, Mitchell H., J.

INTRODUCTION

In this action the plaintiffs, Chelsea D. Scott and Tina Brelin-Penney, assert claims for handicap discrimination against the defendants, Encore Images, *255Inc. (“Encore”), their former employer, and Laurel Mervis (“Mervis”), one of Encore’s owners (collectively the “Defendants”) for violation of G.L.chapter 15 IB.3 Scott alleges that the Defendants discriminated against him because he was “handicapped.” His wife, Brelin-Penney, does not allege that she was handicapped, but rather contends that she may recover from Defendants under a theoiy of “associational…