Andrew P. KELLY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN STANDARD, INC., a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-Appellant

Caution

640 F.2d 974

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 23, 198179-4005, 79-4081California7,180 words

Opinion

Boochever, J.

This appeal involves the proper measures of damage recovery under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Pub.L. 90-202, 81 Stat. 602 (1967) (codified at 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.) (ADEA), as well an an evaluation of the district court’s jury instructions. The jury awarded Kelly damages for lost wages and pension benefits, business start-up costs, and emotional distress resulting from discharge by his employer. The trial judge further awarded Kelly prejudgment interest and attorney fees, but denied liquidated damages. We have concluded that, with a minor modification to the business start-up award, the jury verdict was proper. Furthermore, the award of prejudgment interest was correct and is affirmed as modified in this opinion. We conclude, however, that the trial judge applied an incorrect standard in denying liquidated damages, and remand to the district court for a redetermination of “willfulness.” We also find that Kelly is entitled to attorney fees for this successful appeal, and leave calculation of the recoverable amount to the district court.

FACTS:

Kelly was employed as a territory sales representative by the defendant-employer American Standard, Inc.…

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Parties

25 Fair empl.prac.cas. 94, 25 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,612 Andrew P. Kelly
Plaintiff
American Standard, Inc., a Foreign Corporation
Defendant

Judges

Anderson
Boochever
Van Dusen

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