Employment – Severance – Age discrimination

Where a plaintiff lost his job as part of the defendant employer’s reduction in force, he has failed to show that the defendant’s failure to provide him with a severance package violated any federal statute or constituted a breach of contract.

Cruz, et al. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, PR, Inc., et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 01-292-12) (16 pages) (Lipez, J.) (1st Circuit) Appealed from the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (Docket No. 11-1617) (Nov. 7, 2012).