Calvin Rhodes v. Guiberson Oil Tools Division A/K/A F I E, A/K/A Division Dresser Industries, Inc.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Calvin Rhodes sued defendant-appellee Guiberson Oil Tools Division on the ground that Guiberson Oil violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-34 (1988), (ADEA) when it discharged him. The jury found that Guiberson Oil discriminated against Rhodes on the basis of his age. The magistrate judge, who was to decide all issues except liability, then ruled that Rhodes had failed to file his charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a timely fashion. On this basis, the magistrate judge dismissed Rhodes’…