United States First Circuit

District court properly denied defendant's motion for relief from judgment and its motion to strike prejudgment interest. Though plaintiff failed to provide the requisite, written notice before filing this whistleblower action, defendant effectively waived this defense; the Massachusetts whistleblower statute broadly authorizes awards of prejudgment interest against municipal defendants.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/22/2004
• Published 03/22/2004

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SMITH, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John H. Fitz-Gibbon, with whom Harry L. Miles and Green, Miles, Lipton, White & Fitz-Gibbon were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tani E. Sapirstein, with whom Sapirstein & Sapirstein was on brief, for appellee.