Oden v. Baroid Drilling Fluids, Inc.

JiLANDRIEU, Judge.

This ease arises from an employment discrimination suit Thomas Oden filed against Baroid Drilling Fluids, Inc. (Baroid). After working for Baroid for seventeen years, Oden’s employment was terminated due to Baroid’s downsizing. Oden asserts he was selected for termination because of his race. Oden was the only African-American and the only person terminated in his section of thirty-seven employees. He was as educated and qualified, if not more so, than the thirty-six employees that were retained. A jury determined that Oden’s termination was racially motivated and awarded…