Legal Opinion
Miguel VAZQUEZ Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 21, 1978No. 77-1563PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
We face the issue of whether damages for pain and suffering are authorized under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). The district court, in a well-reasoned opinion, found that such damages were justified under the Act, but, recognizing it as a controlling question of law as to which there was a substantial ground for difference of opinion, certified it as an interlocutory issue for appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b).
The Act proscribes discrimination against the protected class of individuals, forty to sixty-five years of age, on the basis of age. Congress…
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3Cited by81 opinions
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