Legal Opinion

Travers v. Flight Services & Systems, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 15, 2015No. 14-1745PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARRON, Circuit Judge.

A company that provides skycap services to airlines was defending against a class action lawsuit when one of the skycaps that the company had employed brought his own individual suit against the company. The skycap alleged in his suit that the company had fired him for his role in helping to organize the class action. A jury eventually found for the skycap in that unlawful-termination suit. And the company now appeals both from that verdict and from the District Court’s award of damages and attorney’s fees and costs. Because we find no error in any of the District Court…

2Cases cited67 opinions

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