United States First Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant in an employment discrimination case under the ADA, FMLA and Puerto Rican law is affirmed where: 1) the evidence did not support claims under the ADA; 2) the only evidence offered for the FMLA claim was inadmissible hearsay; and 3) the dismissal of the federal claims allowed the lower court to decline jurisdiction over state claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/09/2006
• Published 05/09/2006

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Juan M. Frontera-Suau, with whom Frontera Suau Law Offices was on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Pedro J. Manzano-Yates, with whom Fiddler González & Rodríguez, PSC was on brief, for appellee.