Legal Opinion

Fredette v. Allied Van Lines, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided September 28, 1995No. 94-1893, 94-1894 and 94-1895PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

We have before us cross-appeals in a case concerning long-distance moving arrangements that went seriously awry. The plaintiffs in the district court were Paul and Doris Fredette; the defendants were Allied Van Lines, Inc., (“Allied”), Mullen Brothers, Inc. of North Adams (“Mullen Brothers”) and Transit Homes of America, Inc. (“Transit”). The facts, taken in the light most favorable to the jury verdict, Borden v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., 935 F.2d 370, 379 (1st Cir.1991), are as follows.

In September 1990, General Electric Company (“GE”) laid off Paul Fredette, who was…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Agis v. Howard Johnson Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  2. Payton v. Abbott LabsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  3. Foley v. Polaroid Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
  4. Sena v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  5. Ronald Borden v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, Ronald Borden v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  3. Cooke-Seals v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1997
  4. Camar Corporation v. Preston TruckingCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
  5. Tri County Landfill Ass'n v. Brule CountySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000

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