Legal Opinion
Kouvchinov v. Parametric Technology Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 8, 2008No. 07-2395PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This is an employment discrimination action brought by plaintiff-appellant Alexei Kouvchinov against his quondam employer, Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), and Lisa Wales, a PTC functionary. The plaintiffs overarching claim is that the defendants cashiered him in retaliation for his exercise of the right to receive short-term disability (STD) benefits under an employee benefit plan, thereby violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1101-1461, and tortiously interfering with an advantageous business relationship. The…
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