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SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF WALTHAM v. WALTHAM EDUCATORS ASS'N

398 Mass. 703 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 1312

SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF WALTHAM vs. WALTHAM EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian A. Riley for the defendant.

Richard W. Murphy for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

NOLAN, J.

We reverse the judgment of the Superior Court, which vacated an arbitrator's award in favor of Samuel Poulten (the teacher).

The teacher was serving with the benefit of tenure at Waltham High School when, on January 17, 1984, during a class in social studies, he struck a student with his hand. Immediately before the incident, he had escorted a student from the room. During his absence a student (not the...

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