Where a plaintiff has brought claims of retaliatory harassment pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, the complaint must be dismissed because no causal connection exists between the plaintiff’s protected conduct and any adverse action taken against her.
“Plaintiff Amy Rae filed suit against Defendants Woburn Public Schools, the City of Woburn, Superintendent Matthew Crowley, and Principal Carl Nelson (collectively, ‘Defendants’) bringing counts for retaliatory harassment pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act (Count I) and under the Americans with Disabilities Act (Count II), violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B (Count III), and intentional infliction of emotional distress (Count IV). …
“Plaintiff claims that in the course of her employment as a nurse in the Woburn Public Schools she ‘has been the subject of an ongoing campaign of bullying, harassment, intimidation and retaliation because she advocated for disabled students with special education needs and because she spoke out about major deficiencies in the special education program.’ … The ‘main aggressor’ was Defendant Nelson, who is the Principal of Kennedy Middle School, where Plaintiff works. …
“… The disciplinary hearings that Plaintiff was required to attend within the statute of limitations involved a parent complaint, a t-shirt that a student obtained from the nurse’s office, and another instance where Plaintiff did not respond to a page over the school’s...
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