Pain and Suffering and Punitive Damages Not Available Under the ADEA: Fifth Circuit | Practical Law
In Vaughan v. Anderson Regional Medical Center, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that all private actions brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), including an employee's ADEA retaliation claim, may not invoke the ADEA as a basis for general compensatory damages for pain and suffering or punitive damages.