MEDINA-MUNOZ v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 89-1734.

896 F.2d 5 (1990)

Jose MEDINA-MUNOZ, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Santiago-Villalonga, with whom Nachman & Fernandez-Sein, Santurce, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Lidia Gonzalez, with whom Donald M. Hall and McConnell Valdes Kelley Sifre Griggs & Ruiz-Suria, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before BREYER and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In May 1986, plaintiff-appellant Jose Medina Munoz (Medina)1 was cashiered by his employer, defendant-appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR). Alleging that he had been forsaken because of his age, Medina sued. This appeal follows the entry of judgment below in RJR's favor.

I. BACKGROUND

Medina was hired by appellee in 1980 as an executive. He was then 47 years old. He later became a regional...

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