United States First Circuit
Fryer v. A.S.A.P. Fire and Safety Corp., Inc., 10-2047
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court awarding damages and attorneys' fees against defendant for violating the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), 38 U.S.C. Sections 4311 et seq., and related state claims, judgment is affirmed over challenges on the grounds that: 1) Massachusetts anti-discrimination law, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, is preempted by the USERRA; 2) the jury determination of willfulness was unsupported; and 3) the damages and attorneys' fees awards were excessive.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/09/2011
- Published 09/09/2011
Judges
- DYK
Court
- United States First Circuit