Court of Appeals for the First Circuit January 14, 2002, 00-2546 (Ram N Zapata-Matos v. Reckitt & Colman, Inc., F/k/a L&f Products)

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Ramón Zapata-Matos was terminated in 1993 from his position with L & F Products as General Manager for all operations in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

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He had been with the company since 1983 and had received a number of promotions, although in 1992 the company declined to create and promote him to a Regional Director’s position as he had requested.