Commons v. Montgomery Ward & Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

EARL E. O’CONNOR, Chief Judge.

This Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) action was tried to a jury and the court from November 26 through November 29, 1984. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff on the section 1981 claim and for defendant on the ADEA claim. We have considered all the evidence, memoranda, and proposed findings and conclusions submitted by the parties, and are now prepared to rule on various post-trial motions and the Title VII claim. We turn first to the Title VII claim.

Plaintiff is a white, 58-year-old American…