Legal Opinion
Hardy v. Shell Chemical Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 1, 2010No. Civil Action 09-3189PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LANCE M. AFRICK, District Judge.
The defendant, Shell Chemical LP (“Shell”), 1 has filed a motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 2 The plaintiff, William Hardy (“Hardy”), has filed an opposition. 3 For the following reasons, the motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.
BACKGROUND
From 1989 through April 3, 2008, plaintiff was employed as an engineer for Shell Oil Company. 4 Hardy alleges that Shell began to discriminate against him on the basis of his age in 2004, when he turned 55. 5 Hardy claims that he was treated less favorably…
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