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SMITH-PFEFFER v. SUPDT. OF WALTER FERNALD STATE SCH.

404 Mass. 145 (1989)

533 N.E.2d 1368

JUDITH M. SMITH-PFEFFER vs. SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WALTER E. FERNALD STATE SCHOOL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Despena Fillios Billings, Assistant Attorney General (Carolyn V. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, with her) for the defendant.

Peter G. DeGelleke (Laurence S. Boisvert with him) for the plaintiff.

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

ABRAMS, J.

At issue is whether the termination of the plaintiff's at-will employment by the defendant was in violation of public policy, thus, subjecting the defendant to liability. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals, claiming that the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, is insufficient, as a matter of law, to warrant a verdict for the plaintiff. We transferred the...

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