Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Standard Register Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 14, 2001No. 00-2394, 00-2395PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTorruella, Circuit Judge
Plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant Paul Cummings brought this suit in Massachusetts Superior Court, alleging that defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Standard Register, Co. discriminated against him on the basis of age in violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 4. Standard Register removed the case to the federal district court for the district of Massachusetts and, after a ten-day trial, a jury found in favor of Cummings and awarded him $990,000 in combined front pay, back pay, and emotional distress damages. The district court doubled the front and back pay awards and denied Standard…
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