Globe Newspaper Co. v. Ayash
Globe Newspaper Co., Inc. v. Ayash
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Ayash, 546 U.S. 927 (2005)
Opinion of the Court
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Sup. Jud. Ct. Mass. Motion of ABC, Inc., et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
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(remanding for new trial on damages where judge’s instructions and undifferentiated damages award made it impossible to ascertain what damages were awarded for which claim)
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(c. 151B is “comprehensive statute” and was enacted “to provide judicial and administrative remedies for destructive acts of discrimination in the workplace”)
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("The scope of the covenant is only as broad as the contract that governs the particular relationship")
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(jury could reasonably find that hospital breached implied covenant by failing to abide by its own bylaws in its conduct toward its physicians)
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("It cannot be said . . . that claims arising under G. L. c. 151B are causes of action in tort")
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("general rule" is "that a reviewing court should not disturb a jury's award of damages unless it is clearly excessive in relation to what the plaintiff's evidence has demonstrated damages to be")
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(plaintiff failed to introduce evidence of compensable loss as result of conduct)
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(requiring economic harm for intentional interference with contractual relationship)
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