Earlier this week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s decision to award the plaintiff’s attorney in Diaz v. Jiten Hotel Management, Inc. over $100,000 in fees and costs after she won a jury verdict of only $7,650 for her client in an age discrimination case. The…
Today, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Maine and other New England states, affirmed a Massachusetts trial court’s decision to hold HEI Hospitality liable for unlawfully retaliating against its former senior vice-president. HEI fired the former senior vice-president, Lawrence Trainor, a few hours after he…
On September 18, 2012, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals held that a federal judge in Massachusetts erred in his decision about how much to award in attorney fees and legal expenses to a plaintiff, Carmen Llerena Diaz, who prevailed in an age discrimination case against her former employer.…