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Legal Developments

EMPLOYMENT LAW

Retaliation for Personnel Files

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s recently issued an important decision granting a terminated employee the right to pursue a retaliation-wrongful termination claim against his employer for exercising the right to file a rebuttal to be included in his personnel file as provided by G. L. c. 149, § 52C, which controls how employers maintain personnel files in the Commonwealth.  In Meehan v. Medical Information Technology, Inc., No. SJC-13117, Meehan who was an at-will employee was terminated after he sent his supervisor a rebuttal to having been placed on a performance improvement plan.  Meehan filed suit against the employer Meditech for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. The Superior Court Department, Norfolk County granted Meditech’s motion to dismiss.  Meehan then appealed to the Massachusetts Appeals Court which affirmed. Meehan then filed application for further review, which was granted by the Supreme Judicial Court.

Results

Attorneys Michael Johnson and Ryan Landry received a first-of-its kind defense verdict in Rockingham County Superior Court after a 6 day trial when the Jury found that the defendants were entitled to the limited liability protections provided by RSA 508:22. The case involved a woman who slipped in a parking lot maintained by our client. Plaintiff claimed she fell in a completely unmaintained parking lot and fractured her left leg, resulting in complex regional pain syndrome, a permanent 65% impairment of her leg, and total disability.

Our Firm

Boyle | Shaughnessy Law is proud to congratulate our law clerks who recently passed the bar exam.

From our Hartford, CT office:  Francine Klarsfeld and Cassandra Hardy
From our Boston, MA office:  Madeline Poole, Daniel Buck, and Christopher Upperman
From our Manchester, NH office:  Angela Corey
From our Braintree, MA office:  Drew Bartlett and Benito Zappia

We applaud their outstanding achievements and look forward to their bright futures as our newest associates.