Legal Opinion
Vesprini v. Shaw Industries, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 3, 2002No. CIV.A. 00-11311-NGPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: SUMMARY JUDGMENT
GERTNER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Armando Vesprini (‘Vesprini”) brings this case under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 42 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., the Massachusetts Fair Employment Practices Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B (“ch. 151B”), Massachusetts 1 law of breach, of contract, and Massachusetts common law of constructive discharge. The case raises important questions concerning the meaning of “direct evidence” of age discrimination — what kinds of comments qualify, by whom, when?
In 1997, Vesprini sold his company, Circle…
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