GRUBBA v. BAY STATE ABRASIVES, DRESSER INDUSTRIES

No. 86-1444.

803 F.2d 746 (1986)

Donald C. GRUBBA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BAY STATE ABRASIVES, DIVISION OF DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick T. Golder and Golder & Shubow, P.A., Boston, Mass., on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Willis J. Goldsmith, Nancy C. Lee, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., James W. Nagle and Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, and COFFIN and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

In December 1982, after a period of excessive absences from work, plaintiff-appellant Donald C. Grubba was discharged from his job as a senior chemist at Bay State Abrasives ("Bay State"). In April 1984, Grubba filed suit in the Worcester County Superior Court alleging that Bay State had breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing by discharging him because of his age or physical handicaps...

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