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VAZQUEZ v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC.

No. 77-1563.

579 F.2d 107 (1978)

Miguel VAZQUEZ et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edda Ponsa Flores, San Juan, P. R., with whom Francisco Ponsa Feliu, Francisco Ponsa Flores, San Juan, P. R., and Lawrence E. Duffy, Rio Piedras, P. R., were on brief, for defendant-appellant.

Antonio Moreda Toledo, San Juan, P. R., with whom George L. Weasler, Santurce, P. R., was on brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

We face the issue of whether damages for pain and suffering are authorized under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). The district court, in a well-reasoned opinion, found that such damages were justified under the Act, but, recognizing it as a controlling question of law as to which there was a substantial ground for difference of opinion, certified it as an interlocutory issue for appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b).

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