Legal Opinion
Paula A. DONNELLON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRUEHAUF CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 1986No. 85-8615PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:
This is another employment discrimination case. We review, among other questions, the district court’s allocation of the burden of proof. The district court found that the plaintiff, Paula Donnellon, was discharged by the defendant, Fruehauf Corp., in retaliation for filing a sex discrimination complaint. As is not uncommon in these cases, we find no error in the district court’s analysis and affirm both the trial judge’s finding of liability and the remedy he ordered, reinstatement.
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The plaintiff was hired by Fruehauf in 1963 as a secretary. After a brief…
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