Legal Opinion
Ragland v. Rock-Tenn Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 14, 1997No. 96 C 0081PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CASTILLO, District Judge.
Plaintiff Wanda Ragland filed suit in this Court alleging that her former employer, Rock-Tenn Company, and former supervisor, Carol D’Andrea, discriminated against her on the basis of age. Ragland contends that she was meeting Rock-Tenn’s legitimate expectations in her capacity as a customer service representative; but nevertheless, the company terminated her after just eight months in that position and replaced Ragland with someone many years her junior. Having allegedly received no complaints until she was fired, and upon discovering…
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