Legal Opinion
McMillan v. Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 26, 1998No. 97-1048, 97-1174PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
In the late 1980s, Dr. Marjorie McMillan, head of the radiology department for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (“MSPCA”), learned that she was being paid less than the male heads of the organization’s other departments. Defendants MSPCA and Dr. Gus Thornton now appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to set aside verdicts in Dr. McMillan’s favor on her various pay discrimination claims. They also appeal as excessive the jury’s award of compensatory and punitive damages, and the district court’s award of attorney’s fees. Dr.…
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