United States Sixth Circuit

In a retaliation suit alleging that plaintiff was terminated from his employment for filing an age discrimination complaint, summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where: 1) a document signed by plaintiff did not waive his right to pursue claims based on defendant's future statutory violations; 2) plaintiff sufficiently alleged a causal connection between his termination and his discrimination complaint; and 3) plaintiff met his burden of raising a genuine issue of material fact regarding defendant's motivation for terminating him.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/12/2009
• Published 02/12/2009

Judges

• Before:  MOORE, GRIFFIN, and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Philip C. Kimball, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant.   Bobby C. Simpson, GE Consumer & Industrial, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Philip C. Kimball, Louisville, Kentucky, Edwin Sharp Hopson, Sr., Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant.  Bobby C. Simpson, GE Consumer & Industrial, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.