Legal Opinion
Karen Romano v. U-Haul International, U-Haul Company of Maine, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 7, 2000No. 99-2328PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a jury verdict in the District of Maine finding that appellants U-Haul International and U-Haul Company of Maine unlawfully terminated appellee Karen Romano on the basis of her sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Maine Human Rights Act. Appellants (for simplicity, 1 referenced in this appeal as U-Haul) do not appeal the underlying jury finding of liability. Instead, they oppose the inclusion of U-Haul International in this lawsuit, contending that it cannot properly be considered appellee’s “employer” for purposes…
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