Legal Opinion
Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 21, 1993PublishedCited by 233 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
In January, 1988, the plaintiff was discharged from his position as vice president of Ebtec Corporation, an American subsidiary of Thermal Scientific, PLC, a British company (defendants). A jury in the Superior Court found for the plaintiff in his ensuing claims that the defendants had violated G. L. c. 15IB, § 4 (IB) (1990 ed.), the Massachusetts statute which prohibits age discrimination, and 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. (1988), the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The jury concluded, in response to special questions, that the defendants’ violations had been wilful. 2 The…
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