Legal Opinion
Prader v. Leading Edge Products, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 19, 1996No. 94-P-476PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPorada, J.
After the plaintiff was fired by the defendant, she filed a complaint in the Superior Court alleging wrongful termination on the grounds that her discharge constituted a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 215(a) (3) and 216(b) (1988), and the public policy which permits an employee to report an alleged criminal violation by her employer to the police. She also claimed that her employer’s conduct violated the Massachusetts sexual harassment law, G. L. c. 214, § 1C. The defendant filed a motion for summary judgment based on the ground that the plaintiff failed to meet her…
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