LAWLESS v. STEWARD HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, LLC

No. 17-2128.

894 F.3d 9 (2018)

Margaret LAWLESS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. STEWARD HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, LLC, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Young , with whom Timothy P. Van Dyck and Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, Framingham, MA, were on brief, for appellant.

Daniel W. Rice , with whom Glynn, Landry & Rice, LLP, Braintree, MA, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Torruella, Selya and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


At its inception, this appeal seemed to present a single question — albeit a novel one — about how to interpret the Massachusetts Wage Act (the Wage Act). See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, §§ 148, 150. But appearances can be deceiving, cf. Aesop, The...

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