CALIXTO v. COUGHLIN

No. SJC-12515.

481 Mass. 157 (2018)

JILLIAN CALIXTO & another v. HEATHER COUGHLIN & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 28, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Rosenberg for the plaintiffs.

David G. Thomas ( Mian R. Wang also present) for the defendants.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Christopher H. Lindstrom & Matthew P. Ritchie for Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

Ben Robbins & Martin J. Newhouse for New England Legal Foundation.

Arthur P. Murphy & Geoffrey P. Wermuth for Murphy, Hesse, Toomey & Lehane, LLP.

Present: GANTS, C.J., GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


The primary issue presented is the interplay, if any, between two employee protection statutes: G. L. c. 149, § 148 (Wage Act), and the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2109 (2018) (WARN Act). The defendant corporate officers (officers)4 directed ISIS...

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