Massachusetts Appeals Court Reinforces Narrow Interpretation of Public Policy Exception to At-Will Employment
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/02/21
On January 20, 2021, an expanded five-judge panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued its opinion in Terence Meehan v. Medical Information Technology, Inc., No. 19-P-1412, and affirmed a lower court decision granting the employer’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s wrongful discharge in violation of public policy claim. Writing for a three-judge majority of the expanded panel, Justice Meade addressed whether the codified right to rebut documents in a personnel file (and the consequences...
By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,