United States Eighth Circuit
Ramlet v. E.F. Johnson Co., 07-1089
In an age discrimination action raising claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Minnesota state law, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed where: 1) certain comments by the Vice President of Sales were not direct evidence of age discrimination, nor were they causally connected to plaintiff's termination; and 2) plaintiff failed to create an inference of discrimination as plaintiff's replacements were not sufficiently younger than him.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/16/2007
- Published 11/16/2007
Judges
- BENTON, Circuit Judge., Before BENTON, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Steven A. Smith, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Robert L. Schug, on the brief), for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Steven W. Wilson, argued, Minneapolis MN, for appellee.