Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reiterating that “the plaintiff is entitled to prejudgment interest on his compensatory damages from the commencement of the action”
• recognizing attracting competent counsel as an aim behind statutory provision of awarding counsel fees in section nine of chapter 151B
• stating that “[i]t is not reasonable to assume that the Legislature intended to design a damages scheme which singles out age discrimination as significantly more egregious than, for example, racial or sexual discrimination”
• finding that the amount of a reasonable attorneys fee, awarded on the basis of statutory authority, “is largely discretionary with the judge”
• finding that the amount of a reasonable attorneys fee, awarded on the basis of statutory authority, “is largely discretionary with the judge”
• determining that in employment discrimination case, “fair market rates for time reasonably spent should be the basic measure of reasonable fees, and should govern unless there are special reasons to depart from them”

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