Holstein v. Norandex, Inc.

FOX, Judge: 1

The appellant, Melvin Holstein, was sixty-three years of age when he was discharged from his employment as an inside salesperson with the appellee, Norandex, Inc., in Nitro, West Virginia. On 29 April 1991, appellee Michael Counts, the manager of No-randex’s Nitro office, informed Holstein: “Mel ... I have some bad news for you ... Norandex has eliminated your job. They don’t need you any longer.” Norandex characterizes Holstein’s firing as a “cost cutting measure,” but Holstein argues the reason given for his discharge is merely a pretext for unlawful age discrimination.…