Legal Opinion
Thelma NICHOLS, Appellant, v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1988No. 86-2184PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Thelma Nichols appeals from an order of the district court 1 granting the City of St. Louis’ (City) motion for summary judgment on the basis that Nichols’ suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634, was barred under the principle of claim preclusion. We affirm.
Nichols was employed at St. Louis City Hospital for twenty years, the last seventeen as a respiratory therapy technician. According to the City, Nichols' discharge on September 27, 1983, at age 57, was a result of her failure to obtain cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)…
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