5th Circuit: No Pain And Suffering, Punitive Damages Under The ADEA

Mealey's (February 17, 2017, 1:18 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A former nurse supervisor’s claims for pain and suffering and punitive damages under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) are barred by Dean v. Am. Sec. Ins. Co., a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 15 (Susan L. Vaughan v. Anderson Regional Medical Center, No. 16-60104, 5th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 2699)....