Legal Opinion
Laskaris v. Thornburgh
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 24, 1984No. 83-5191PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge:
In this case appellants Peter J. Laskaris and Michael Skapura contend that they were improperly denied a jury trial on their claims that they were unlawfully discharged because of their political affiliation. We hold that Laskaris and Skapura’s claims for compensatory and punitive damages entitled them to a jury trial. The district court’s failure to award a jury trial, however, was harmless, because the evidence produced at trial was insufficient to avoid a directed verdict in favor of the defendants. Thus we affirm.
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Laskaris and Skapura were…
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