Legal Opinion
Aurora Figueroa v. Hon. Awilda Aponte-Roque, Etc., Aurora Figueroa v. Hon. Awilda Aponte-Roque, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 4, 1989No. 88-1525, 88-1526PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Eight office clerks and a janitor filed suit against top officials in the Puerto Rico Department of Education claiming that their jobs were not renewed because of their political affiliation. A jury found for the janitor against the Secretary of Education, but held for the defendants on all other claims. Both sides appeal. We uphold the jury’s verdict except in the janitor’s case, in which the plaintiff failed to demonstrate a causal link between the Secretary and the alleged harm to her.
We shall consider first the case involving the clerical employees, outlining the…
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