Arivella v. Alcatel-Lucent

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

This case involves the elimination of jobs at defendants Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc.’s (“Lucent’s”) Merrimack Valley Works (“MVW”) manufacturing facility in North Andover, Massachusetts. In the course of roughly one year, Lucent downsized its MVW workforce by approximately ninety percent, from approximately 3,400 to 340, through multiple rounds of layoffs and buyouts. Twenty-seven plaintiffs, who accepted voluntary retirement packages in April 2001, have sued Lucent, alleging that it made various misrepresentations and material…