Legal Opinion
Serafino v. Hasbro, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 23, 1996No. 95-1931PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant George Serafino brought a lawsuit against Hasbro, Inc. (“Hasbro”) and its CEO, George R. Ditomas-si, Jr., claiming that they unlawfully terminated certain business arrangements and then his employment because his daughter filed a discrimination action against them. Dining discovery, Serafino refused to answer questions pertaining to alleged improprieties surrounding the business arrangements, invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Upon determining that Serafino’s silence on these matters unfairly hampered defendants’…
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