Legal Opinion
Landals v. George A. Rolfes Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 18, 1990No. 88-1638PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
Bernard Landals (Landals) was discharged from his job with George A. Rolfes Co. (employer) in July 1983 at age fifty-two. He filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, Iowa Code chapter 601A (1983), alleging age and disability discrimination. He obtained an administrative release and then filed suit in district court. After Landals presented his case to a jury, the court granted the employer’s motion for directed verdict on the disability discrimination claim, but denied its motion on the age discrimination claim. The jury…
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