Legal Opinion
David B. Fite v. Digital Equipment Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 13, 2000No. 99-1935PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
On October 11, 1994, appellant David Fite was fired by the appellee Digital Equipment Corporation 1 after twenty years of employment. Fite had begun working for Digital as a controller in 1974 and was at first steadily promoted. But in 1986, Fite’s job performance declined so far that he was asked to leave his department; he was given ad hoc assignments while searching for another permanent position at the company. In June 1988, at a supervisor’s suggestion, Fite took a paid medical leave of absence.
Unbeknownst to Digital, the reason for Fite’s poor performance was his…
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