Legal Opinion
Diaz v. Jiten Hotel Management, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 7, 2012No. 11-1505, 11-1575PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
A jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee Carmen Llerena Diaz (Diaz) in this age discrimination action. On appeal, defendant-appellant Jiten Hotel Management, Inc. (Jiten) challenges the district court’s jury instructions and the court’s denial of Jiten’s motion to certify a question of state law to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). We affirm.
I. Facts & Background
We recite the facts in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. See, e.g., Sony BMG Music Entm’t v. Tenenbaum, 660 F.3d 487, 491 (1st Cir.2011). Diaz began working for the…
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