OSBORNE-TRUSSELL v. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION

SJC-12991.

488 Mass. 248 (2021)

KEHLE OSBORNE-TRUSSELL v. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Mason for the plaintiff.

Richard J. Riley ( Peter C. Kober also present) for the defendant.

Naomi R. Shatz , Rebecca Pontikes , & Naitasia Hensey , for Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Alyssa Z. Bloom , Nicole R.G. Paquin , & Andrea C. Kramer , for Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


This case presents our first opportunity to consider the elements needed to state a claim for relief pursuant to the nonretaliation and noninterference provisions of the Domestic Violence and Abuse Leave Act, G. L. c. 149, § 52E (DVLA). Enacted in 2014, see St. 2014, c. 260, § 10, the DVLA is designed to support victims of...

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