Legal Opinion
Ruiz-Sanchez v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 31, 2013No. 12-1694PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
When a tire company closed its plant in Puerto Rico, it offered its employees severance pay contingent upon the execution of general releases. The plaintiff acquiesced. Nearly a year later, he reversed direction and asserted claims for unjust dismissal under Puerto Rico law. The district court rejected these claims.
The plaintiff appeals the dismissal of a particular claim under a protective Puerto Rico statute, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 29, §§ 185a-185m, known colloquially as Law 80. As framed, his appeal implicates a fairly debatable question of first impres*251sion about the…
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