Legal Opinion
Guy S. ALTOBELLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BORDEN CONFECTIONARY PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 8, 1989No. 88-2315PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Guy Altobello brought this suit against his former employer, Borden, charging that Borden had fired him because of his age, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. The jury brought in a verdict for the defendant at the end of a five-day trial. The evidence at trial had been in sharp conflict, with Borden presenting evidence that it had fired Altobello because he was a malingerer, and Altobello responding with evidence that his alleged malingering was merely the pretext for a discharge motivated by his age. The only issue on…
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