United States Sixth Circuit

In an age discrimination and retaliation suit stemming from defendant's termination of plaintiff's employment, judgment as a matter of law for defendant following an adverse jury verdict is reversed where: 1) plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict on her age discrimination claims; and 2) in light of the close proximity of time between plaintiff's first EEOC filing and her subsequent termination and her trial testimony about a manager's verbal threats, plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to support a jury's finding that her EEOC complaint against defendant caused her termination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/18/2007
• Published 01/18/2007

Judges

• Before MARTIN and RYAN;  Circuit Judges;  MARBLEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Douglas B. Janney III, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Kevin C. Klein, Metropolitan Department of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Douglas B. Janney III, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Kevin C. Klein, Metropolitan Department of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.