Split 6th Circuit Panel: Professor's Age Bias Claims May Go To Trial

Mealey's (July 22, 2020, 2:28 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A divided Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 17 reversed a trial court's summary judgment ruling for a university and its officials and remanded for trial an age bias and retaliation lawsuit by a former professor who claims that he was let go after obligations for an earlier settlement expired and rejected when he applied for other open jobs, ruling that there was a genuine dispute of material fact as to each of the professor's claims (John George v. Youngstown State University, et al., No. 19-3581, 6th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 22307)....