Legal Opinion
Kovalic v. Dec International, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided March 28, 1991No. 89-2011PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEich, C.J.
I. INTRODUCTION
This is an age discrimination action commenced under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621, et seq. Robert Kovalic, a former employee of DEC International, Inc., obtained a jury verdict finding that DEC willfully terminated his employment because of his age and assessing damages for both past and future wage loss.
DEC moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the discrimination issue and, alternatively, to change the jury's answer to the discrimination question 1 from "yes" to "no." The motions were grounded on DEC's argument that, to…
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