United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit involving age discrimination claims under the ADEA by a former employee, a patent attorney, the district court's errors regarding evidence and jury instructions justified granting the defendant corporation a new trial, but the denial of a front-pay remedy for the plaintiff was upheld.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/21/2006
• Published 02/21/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William G. Sullivan (argued), Martin, Brown & Sullivan, Chicago, IL, David M. Mattenson (argued), Kanter, Mattenson, Morgan & Gordon, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., James S. Whitehead (argued), Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.