MATTHEWS v. OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC


426 Mass. 122 (1997)

CARLETON MATTHEWS v. OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

November 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. McCormick, III (Elizabeth Maitland with him) for the plaintiff.

Kay H. Hodge (Andrew L. Matz with her) for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

The plaintiff, Carleton Matthews, an African-American male, was terminated from his position as a forklift operator in the shipping department of the defendant's, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.'s, Middleborough manufacturing facility on April 23, 1992, after he admitted to removing product (cranberry sauce) from the facility's premises without authorization. The plaintiff grieved his termination to arbitration...

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