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$50,000 Jury Award To Massachusetts Nurses Wrongfully Discharged By Correctional Medical Services

Loaded on July 15, 2008

Filed under: CMS, Private Contractors, Contractor Liability, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation. Location: Massachusetts.

Two Massachusetts nurses, Fitzgerald and Landry, brought suit against Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for defamation of character after being fired over baseless accusations of one alleged eyewitness. The jury awarded them $50,000 collectively.

After holding a door open for a guard who was borrowing a heater, the two nurses were ...

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