Paul Cronan Case
LEGAL ANALYSIS MODEL
1. RELEVANT FACTS:
Mr. Paul Cronan, a service technician, began his career with New England Telephone in June of 1973. Mr. Cronan's initial function was that of a file clerk at the Needham, Massachusetts facility. After eighteen months with the company, Mr. Cronan was then transferred to South Boston, where he was working at the time of the allegations in this case.1
During the first half of the year in 1985, Mr. Cronan found himself ill on an irregular basis. On a Thursday in early June, Mr. Cronan's supervisor, Mr. Charles O'Brian, refused Mr. Cronan's third request to leave work for a doctor's appointment. Mr. O'Brian denied the request unless Mr. Cronan told him the "nature of the ailment."2 Mr. Cronan stated that he was being "followed for an AIDS-related condition," noting that he did not have AIDS.3 According to Mr. Cronan, Mr. O'Brian stated that "nobody else would find out."4
Mr. O'Brian told his supervisor, Mr. Paul......
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