United States Sixth Circuit

In an age discrimination action brought against a former employer under state and federal laws, summary judgment for the employer is reversed as fifty-seven-year plaintiff proffered evidence sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact regarding his age-discrimination claims, including evidence that his direct supervisor taunted him as "the old man on the sales force," removed him from a profitable account because he was "too old," and told another employee he "needs to set up a younger sales force" before terminating plaintiff.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/15/2007
• Published 10/15/2007

Judges

• Before:  BATCHELDER and MOORE, Circuit Judges;  MILLS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Edward D. Plato, Johnson, Rosati, LaBarge, Aseltyne & Field, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellant.  Thomas H. Williams, Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Edward D. Plato, Marcelyn A. Stepanski, Johnson, Rosati, LaBarge, Aseltyne & Field, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellant.  Thomas H. Williams, Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellee.