Legal Opinion
Jose R. ALVAREZ-FONSECA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PEPSI COLA OF PUERTO RICO BOTTLING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 5, 1998No. 97-2229PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant José R. Alvarez-Fonse-ea sued his former employer, defendant-ap-pellee Pepsi Cola of Puerto Rico Bottling Company, under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”), as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 621-34 (1985 & Supp. 1996), and the Puerto Rico Anti-Discrimination Act (also known as Law 100), P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 29, §§ 146, alleging that he was fired because of his age. After trial, the jury returned a verdict for Alvarez on both claims. The district court, however, granted Pepsi’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law, set aside the…
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