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KOSTER v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.

No. 98-1757.

181 F.3d 24 (1999)

Richard KOSTER, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Baumgarten, with whom Proskauer, Rose, LLP, James R. DeGiacomo, Judith K. Wyman and Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo, P.C. were on brief, for appellant.

Michael M. McArdle, with whom Earl D. Munroe and Munroe & McArdle were on brief, for appellee.

Before Boudin, Circuit Judge, John R. Gibson, Senior Circuit Judge, and Lynch, Circuit Judge.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Trans World Airlines furloughed forty-seven year old Richard Koster as part of a 1994 work force reduction. Koster brought suit, invoking diversity jurisdiction, and a jury determined that TWA had engaged in illegal age discrimination under Massachusetts law, and awarded Koster $1,000,000 in damages. The district court doubled the damages pursuant to a Massachusetts statute and awarded prejudgment interest and attorneys' fees...

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