Legal Opinion
Alvin PROMISEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIRST AMERICAN ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 4, 1991No. 1339, Docket 90-7999PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Alvin Promisel, a sixty-three year old sales manager, sued his employer First Artificial American Flowers (“First American”) under federal and state anti-discrimination statutes after First American fired him in December 1987 and replaced him with a younger man. First American now appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Gerard L. Goettel, Judge) awarding Promisel lost wages and attorneys fees under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-624 and damages for emotional…
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