1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Mass.
  4. 482 Mass.
  5. 482 Mass. 375 (2019)
 

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...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases