Legal Opinion
Bennett v. City of Holyoke
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 22, 2004No. 03-1520PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
After a jury found for plaintiff-appellee Gary A. Bennett in a whistleblower action, his employer, the City of Holyoke (the City), sought to set aside the verdict by reason of the plaintiffs failure to comply with a statutory notice requirement. Alternatively, it asked the district court to defenestrate the ancillary award of prejudgment interest. The court rejected both of these overtures, and the City appealed. We affirm: the City has not properly preserved the first issue and the Massachusetts whistleblower statute broadly authorizes awards of prejudgment interest…
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