· 4/29/1947
Universal Carloading & Distributing Co. v. Railroad Retirement Board
Citations
- 71 F. Supp. 369
- 1947 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2727
How courts have described this case
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- Holding that an employee that 23 “voluntarily quit[s] alternative employment without good reason” has accepted a “willful 24 loss of earnings.”
- explaining defendants had the burden of showing the plaintiff could have mitigated her damages
- denial of any back pay appropriate when claimant failed to mitigate damages
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Judges: Pine
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