IZQUIERDO PRIETO v. MERCADO ROSA

Nos. 89-1164, 89-1248.

894 F.2d 467 (1990)

Adela E. (Ratty) IZQUIERDO PRIETO, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Agustin MERCADO ROSA, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellants. Adela E. (Ratty) IZQUIERDO PRIETO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Agustin MERCADO ROSA, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Lugo Fiol, Asst. Sol. Gen., with whom Jorge E. Perez Diaz, Sol. Gen., and Norma Cotti Cruz, Deputy Sol. Gen., were on briefs for Agustin Mercado Rosa, Etc., et al.

Judith Berkan, Santurce, P.R., with whom Rina Biaggi-Garcia, Roberto Roldan Burgos, Rio Piedras, P.R. and Instituto Puertorriqueno de Derechos Civiles were on briefs, for Adela E. (Ratty) Izquierdo Prieto.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

This appeal was taken by the General Administrator of a Government-owned and operated radio and television station after the district court entered judgment awarding damages to an employee. Plaintiff, Adela (Ratty) Izquierdo Prieto, was 42 years old and had worked at the station for over a decade when she was suddenly removed from a public television news program on which she had been producing an "Art and Culture" section for the preceding...

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