Legal Opinion
Baralt v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 1, 2001No. 00-1453, 00-1741, 00-1742 and 00-2107PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
A jury found that appellant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (“Nationwide”) terminated appellees Manual Baralt and Juan Gonzalez-Perez (“Gonzalez”) because of their ages, in violation of both the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634 (“ADEA”), and Puerto Rico Law 100, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 29, §§ 146-51 (“Law 100”). The two men and them wives were awarded a total of more than $6 million in damages and attorney’s fees. See Baralt v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 86 F.Supp.2d 31, 42 (D.P.R.2000). On appeal, Nationwide does not challenge the jury’s…
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