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PEARSON v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 92-1684.

979 F.2d 254 (1992)

Harold F. PEARSON, III, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Joy, with whom Benjamin Smith and Morgan, Brown & Joy were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

G. Rosalyn Johnson, with whom Harold Owen Beede and G. Rosalyn Johnson, P.C., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This hard-fought appeal presents one overarching question of Massachusetts law: could a reasonable jury, viewing the facts in the light most hospitable to the plaintiff, find that the defendant's personnel manual constituted a contract with its employees such that the defendant was bound to rehire the plaintiff, a former at-will employee, following the plaintiff's completion of a leave of absence? Because Massachusetts law requires a negative...

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