MELLO v. STOP & SHOP COS.


402 Mass. 555 (1988)

524 N.E.2d 105

GREGORY J. MELLO vs. STOP & SHOP COMPANIES, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

June 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Neumeier (Jacqueline Y. Parker & John Silvia, Jr., with him) for the plaintiff.

Anil Madan (Steven R. Sortevik with him) for the defendant.

Lynn A. Girton, Marjorie Heins & Terrence J. McLarney, for Floyd Nelson & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

We consider first on direct appellate review whether the evidence warranted a finding that the defendant, Stop & Shop, discharged the plaintiff Mello, an employee at will, in violation of a principle of public policy for which the law should impose liability for wrongful discharge. We conclude that the evidence did not warrant a finding that Mello was discharged in violation of such a public policy principle. Consequently, the trial judge, who has...

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