RUIZ-SÁNCHEZ v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 12-1694.

717 F.3d 249 (2013)

Manuel RUIZ-SÁNCHEZ et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julio César Alejandro Serrano , with whom Eileen Landrón Guardiola , Eduardo Vera Ramírez , Luis A. Rodríguez Muñoz and Landrón & Vera, LLP were on brief, for appellants.

Jorge L. Capó-Matos , with whom Alberto J. Bayouth-Montes and O'Neill & Borges LLC were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

When a tire company closed its plant in Puerto Rico, it offered its employees severance pay contingent upon the execution of general releases. The plaintiff acquiesced. Nearly a year later, he reversed direction and asserted claims for unjust dismissal under Puerto Rico law. The district court rejected these claims.

The plaintiff appeals the dismissal of a particular claim under a protective Puerto Rico statute, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 29...

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