Legal Opinion
Wyvill v. United Companies Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 31, 2000No. 98-30287PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Appellant United Companies appeals from the judgment of the district court, entered upon a jury verdict, awarding substantial damages to two former employees under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. Unfortunately, the verdict depends on evidence that this court and others have held inadmissible to support an inference of age discrimination. In particular, the district court allowed the plaintiffs to saturate the record with testimony pertaining to other employees in other branches of the company who held different positions…
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