Legal Opinion
Roger D. Parsons v. Pioneer Seed Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 19, 2006No. 05-3496PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Roger D. Parsons appeals from the district court’s 1 dismissal of his age discrimination claim against Pioneer Seed Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Pioneer). Because Parsons validly waived his right to bring an age discrimination claim in his severance agreement with Pioneer, we affirm the district court’s judgment.
Parsons began working for Pioneer in 1972, and beginning in 2000 he held the position of Project Manager of the Warehouse Management System (WMS). In September 2002, Dean Oestreich (Vice President of Global Supply Management) and Bill Tomlinson (Director of North…
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