Legal Opinion
Chapman v. University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 17, 1994PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*105Nolan, J.
The defendant, University of Massachusetts Medical Center (UMMC), appeals from an adverse judgment entered after a Superior Court judge found that it had violated its employment contract with the plaintiff, Margaret M. Chapman, in that it acted in bad faith in eliminating her position. UMMC contends that the applicable statute of limitations bars this suit and that the judge’s finding of bad faith and the award of damages for lost tuition benefits are not supported by the evidence. We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. We affirm.
In March, 1986, UMMC laid off 138…
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