| Docket # | SJC-10108 |
| Date | May 7, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, JJ.
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| Summary | Labor, Wages. Evidence, Expert opinion, Business record. Practice, Civil, Class action, Statute of limitations. Rules of Civil Procedure. Contract, Performance and breach, Damages. Limitations, Statute of. |
| Appealed From | Middlesex Superior Court, Justice Thomas R. Murtagh |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | Salvas: Carolyn Beasley Burton, Robert J. Bonsignore |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: Charles K. Eskridge, III, Donald R. Frederico, Kathryn P. Hoek |
| Amici Curiae | Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association; Brazilian Immigrant Center; Centro Presente; Chelsea Collaborative; Chinese Progressive Association; Irish Immigration Center; Labor Council for Latin America; Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health; Massachusetts Jobs With Justice; Metrowest Immigrant Worker Center; Project Voice; American Friends Service Committee; Greater Boston Legal Services; National Employment Law Project; New England Legal Foundation; Associated Industries of Massachusetts |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |