| Docket # | SJC-10108 |
| Date | May 7, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary
(prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Employment-- Various issues in a suit by employees against Wal-Mart arising out of the payment of compensation and the calculation of time in connection with workers' breaks. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Superior Court, Justice Thomas R. Murtagh |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Salvas: Robert Bonsignore, Carolyn Beasley Burton |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: Paula J. DeGiacomo, Robert A. Sherman, Donald R. Frederico |
| Amici Curiae | Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association; Brazilian Immigrant Center; Centro Presente; Chelsea Collaborative; Chinese Progressive Association; Irish Immigration Center; Labor Council for Latin America; Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health; Massachusetts Jobs With Justice; Metrowest Immigrant Worker Center; Project Voice; American Friends Service Committee; Greater Boston Legal Services; National Employment Law Project; New England Legal Foundation; Associated Industries of Massachusetts |
