FREEMAN v. PACKAGE MACHINERY CO.

No. 88-1130.

865 F.2d 1331 (1988)

Iver J. FREEMAN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. PACKAGE MACHINERY COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Crement, with whom Jeffrey S. Heller, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., Maurice M. Cahillane and Egan, Flanagan & Egan, Springfield, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

John C. Sikorski, with whom John H. Madden, Jr., and Robinson Donovan Madden & Barry, P.C., Springfield, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BOWNES, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

An Oriental philosopher once wrote that the business of a faithful retainer comprises "discharging loyal service to his master ... and, with due consideration of his own position, ... devoting himself to duty above all." Yamaga Soko, The Way of the Samurai (1680). According to plaintiff-appellee Iver J. Freeman, he had been an allegiant myrmidon after this fashion, yet defendant-appellant Package Machinery Company (PMC) had repaid his...

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