Legal Opinion
Joseph D. GIACOLETTO, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMAX ZINC COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 16, 1992No. 91-1988PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this case, an employer who claimed to have fired an employee because of his poor interpersonal skills was found to have discriminated against that employee on account of his age. In 1986, Joseph Giacolet-to was 58 years old and had been a supervisor for Amax Zinc Company, Inc. (“Amax”) for approximately 14 years. Amax fired Giacoletto because its managers considered him rude and uncommunicative. Giacoletto then sued under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. The jury found that Amax had discriminated against Giacoletto, but that…
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