Ana Munoz speaks to Mass Lawyers Weekly about protecting emotional distress damages for employees wronged at work

This week, a federal judge held that Massachusetts Workers Compensation Statute does not necessarily preclude a jury award for emotional distress damages for intentional torts on the job. Attorney Ana Munoz spoke with Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly about the decision, saying “Because this is the kind of emotional distress injury that touches upon other areas of public policy, those injuries are outside the core of what workers’ compensation was designed to protect.

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