Legal Opinion
Kiely v. Teradyne, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 6, 2014No. Nos. 13-P-505 & 13-P-1217PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFecteau, J.
These two separately docketed appeals arise from the same underlying case, namely, claims brought by the plaintiff Deborah Kiely against the defendant, Teradyne, Inc. (Teradyne), for gender discrimination and retaliation. After an eight-day trial, the jury found for Teradyne on Kiely’s discrimination claim and for Kiely on her retaliation claim; although Kiely failed to obtain any award of compensatory damages from the jury, they did award her $1.1 million in punitive damages. Acting upon Teradyne’s timely postjudgment motion under Mass.R. Civ.P. 50(b), as amended, 428 Mass. 1402 (1998), the…
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