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SAHLI v. BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.

437 Mass. 696 (2002)

SONJA SAHLI v. BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

September 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justine H. Brousseau (Nina Joan Kimball with her) for the plaintiff.

David B. Chaffin (Kathleen A. Kelley with him) for the defendant.

Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, Catherine C. Ziehl & Kathleen Z. Quill, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Attorney General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

CORDY, J.

In this case, we hold that a lawsuit filed by an employer against a former employee who has lodged a charge of discrimination is not an act of retaliation or interference in violation of the State's antidiscrimination laws where the lawsuit had a legitimate basis in law and in fact.

1. Background. Sonja Sahli worked in the human resources department of Bull HN Information Systems, Inc. (Bull), for...

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