Legal Opinion
Muniz-Olivari v. Stiefel Laboratories, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 1, 2007No. 06-1944PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. in breach of a 2001 binding verbal contract that guaranteed José Muñiz-Olivari continued employment if Stiefel were to decide in the future to close its Puerto Rico subsidiary, which Muñiz headed. Stiefel terminated Muñiz’s employment, along with that of all of its other Puerto Rico employees, when it shut down its Puerto Rico operations on January 31, 2003. Muñiz was not offered another position.
The jury awarded Muñiz damages for back pay, front pay, and benefits of over $600,000. Relying on the district court’s instructions that…
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- Jose L. Sanchez v. Puerto Rico Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- White v. New Hampshire Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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