DAPRATO v. MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY

SJC-12651.

482 Mass. 375 (2019)

RICHARD A. DAPRATO, v. MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 5, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meghan L. McNamara ( Carolyn Francisco Murphy also present) for the defendant.

Robert S. Mantell ( David E. Belfort also present) for the plaintiff.

John Pagliaro & Martin J. Newhouse , for New England Legal Foundation & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Patricia A. Washienko & Rebecca G. Pontikes , for Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) terminated the employment of an information technology manager, Richard DaPrato, after he went on vacation to Mexico during the final two weeks of a paid medical leave to recover from foot surgery. A jury found the MWRA liable for a retaliatory termination in violation of the Family and...

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