Legal Opinion
Serrano-Munoz v. Sociedad Espanola De Auxillo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 26, 2012No. 08-1887PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
This is a retaliation case under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 623(d) (2006), and Puerto Rico’s general tort statute known as Article 1802, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 31, § 5141 (2008). In 1998, Dr. José Alfonso Serrano Muñoz sued his employer Auxilio Mutuo Hospital in a Puerto Rico court, alleging that the hospital had discriminated against him because of his age. In 2004, one day after Serrano was deposed in connection with that lawsuit, the hospital terminated his employment. Serrano then brought the present action in federal court,…
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