WHITE v. CITY OF BOSTON


428 Mass. 250 (1998)

EDWARD WHITE v. CITY OF BOSTON & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jed M. Nosal for the police commissioner of Boston.

Harold L. Lichten (Bryan Decker with him) for the plaintiff.

Mary Jo Harris, for the city of Boston, was present but did not argue.

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


IRELAND, J.

This case concerns G. L. c. 32, § 8, as amended in 1996, which establishes procedures for reinstatement of disabled civil service employees. It presents issues similar to those addressed today in O'Neill v. City Manager of Cambridge, post 257 (1998). The question before us is whether G. L. c. 32, § 8 (2), mandates that the appointing authority reinstate a formerly disabled employee once...

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