Legal Opinion
Vesprini v. Shaw Contract Flooring Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 30, 2002No. 02-1693PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellant Armando Vesprini challenges various summary judgment rulings which led to the dismissal of his age-discrimina tion, breach-of-contract, and constructive-discharge claims against his former employers, Shaw Contract Flooring Services, Inc. (“SCFSI”) and Shaw Industries, Inc. (“Shaw”).
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BACKGROUND
Circle Floors,' Inc., a Massachusetts-based flooring retailer and installer, was founded by Vesprini in I960. 1 In April 1997, after serving as its president for thirty-seven years, the seventy-one-year-old Vesprini, as well as his son Michael, sold their Circle…
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