United States First Circuit

In an employment-discrimination action brought by plaintiff against his former employer, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) in the absence of some significantly probative evidence showing discriminatory intent, the district court did not err in entering summary judgment for the defendants on the ERISA discrimination claim; and 2) there is no cognizable evidence of actual malice to support plaintiff's claim that defendant tortiously interfered with an advantageous business relationship.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/08/2008
• Published 08/08/2008

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Yelana Konanova, Student Advocate, with whom Stephen S. Churchill and WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Guy P. Tully, with whom Jackson Lewis LLP was on brief, for appellees.