Legal Opinion
Walter W. Steffen v. Meridian Life Insurance Company, and Meridian Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 18, 1989No. 87-1059PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Walter Steffen sued Meridian Mutual Insurance Company (Meridian Mutual) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Meridian Life Insurance Company (Meridian Life), under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Steffen claimed that Meridian Mutual and Meridian Life (whom we will refer to collectively as “Meridian”) demoted him because of his age and then later discharged him because of his age and in retaliation for exercising his ADEA rights. The district court granted summary judgment in Meridian’s favor on Steffen’s discriminatory demotion and retaliatory discharge…
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