Legal Opinion
O'DAY v. McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co.
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided May 26, 1998No. CV-97-0274-CQPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTONE, Justice.
¶ 1 The United States District Court for the District of Arizona certified two questions on the proper use of after-acquired evidence in employment termination disputes. We accepted jurisdiction under A.R.S. § 12-1861, and Rule 27, Rules of the Supreme Court.
I. CERTIFIED FACTS
¶ 2 On June 8, 1990, McDonnell Douglas failed to promote Dennis O’Day to lead engineer at its helicopter plant in Mesa. He was laid off as part of a general work force reduction one month later. O’Day was 46 years old, had worked for the company for fourteen years, and believed he had been denied…
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