Legal Opinion
Travers v. Flight Services & Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 12, 2013No. 18-1862PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
Appellee Flight Services fired Appellant Joseph Travers as he pursued a lawsuit against the company under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Flight Services says it terminated Travers for violating company policy. Travers says he was fired in retaliation for his FLSA lawsuit. Because a reasonable jury could return a verdict for Travers without relying on improbable inferences or unsupported speculation, we vacate the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the company.
I. Background
The district court granted judgment to Flight Services before any factfinder…
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