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BUTLER v. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC.

No. 06-P-572.

68 Mass. App. Ct. 317 (2007)

PATRICIA BUTLER v. VERIZON NEW ENGLAND, INC.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

February 26, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Newark for the plaintiff.

Brian H. Lamkin for the defendant.

Present: Perretta, Laurence, & Grasso, JJ.

GRASSO, J.

Patricia Butler appeals from a judgment dismissing her complaint against Verizon New England, Inc. (Verizon), alleging handicap discrimination in violation of G. L. c. 151B. The narrow question presented is whether Federal preemption principles arising under § 301 of the Federal Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), 29 U.S.C. § 185(a) (1994), require dismissal of Butler's complaint. See Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck,

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