Legal Opinion
Schrand v. Federal Pacific Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1988No. Nos. 86-4158, 87-3005PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages to a former employee of the defendant Federal Pacific Electric Company under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.1 After approximately 17 years as an employee of Federal Pacific, the plaintiff, Carl Schrand, was terminated in 1983 at age 62. A jury awarded Schrand $41,326 and found that Federal Pacific acted willfully in terminating him. On this basis the district court awarded “liquidated damages,” as provided by the Act, doubling the award to $82,652. The district court denied…
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