LUSSIER v. RUNYON

Nos. 94-1863, 94-1946.

50 F.3d 1103 (1995)

Thomas R. LUSSIER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Marvin RUNYON, United States Postmaster General, Defendant, Appellee. Thomas R. Lussier, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Marvin Runyon, United States Postmaster General, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Lambert, Jr., with whom Thomas V. Laprade and Black, Lambert, Coffin & Rudman were on brief, for plaintiff.

Jeffrey A. Clair, with whom Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay P. McCloskey, U.S. Atty., Robert S. Greenspan and Sandra Wien Simon, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for defendant.

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


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

After determining that the United States Postal Service (the Service) wrongfully discharged Thomas Lussier because of his post-traumatic stress disorder, the district court made an award that included future damages, sometimes called "front pay." Both parties consider the award to be a dead letter. Their cross-appeals pose two kinds of questions. The principal inquiry implicates the collateral source rule and requires us to decide whether a district...

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