Legal Opinion
Peggy WOODHOUSE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MAGNOLIA HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1996No. 95-60697PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Magnolia Hospital (“Magnolia”) appeals from a judgment awarding Peggy Wood-house (“Woodhouse”) damages and reinstatement on her claim of age discrimination arising from a reduction in force (“RIF”). Magnolia raises issues concerning the sufficiency of the evidence, the award of liquidated damages, the jury instructions, and the district court’s order of reinstatement. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Woodhouse, who was fifty-three years old at the time of her discharge, had been employed by Magnolia for two separate periods totalling twenty-three years. Woodhouse, a registered…
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