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BLANCHARD v. STEWARD CARNEY HOSPITAL, INC.

SJC-12141.

477 Mass. 141 (2017)

LYNNE BLANCHARD & others v. STEWARD CARNEY HOSPITAL, INC., & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 23, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Dretler (Joseph W. Ambash also present) for the defendants.

Dahlia C. Rudavsky (Ellen J. Messing also present) for the plaintiffs.

Donald J. Siegel & Paige W. McKissock, for Massachusetts AFL-CIO, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, LENK, HINES, GAZIANO, LOWY, & BUDD, JJ.

In the spring of 2011, following reports of abuse at the adolescent psychiatric unit (unit) of Steward Carney Hospital, Inc., then president of the hospital, William Walczak, fired all of the registered nurses and mental health counsellors who worked in the unit. Walczak subsequently issued statements, both to the hospital's employees and...

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