Keller v. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION JAMES MICHAEL KELLER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. v. ) 2:19cv207-MHT ) (WO) HYUNDAI MOTOR ) MANUFACTURING, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER During a company-wide downsizing in 2018, defendant Hyundai Motor Manufacturing, also known as HHMA, terminated the longstanding employment of plaintiff James Michael Keller, a supervisor in the company’s production division. Keller was then 50 years old, and he brought suit against the company thereafter, alleging that Hyundai fired him because of…