5th Circuit Finds Plant Worker Failed To Show Bad Faith By Employer In Firing

Mealey's (February 14, 2019, 2:55 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A copper tube plant worker who was fired at the age of 69 after being disciplined four times failed to show that her employer “acted in some manner of bad faith” when it considered the facts that led to the firing, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 12, affirming a summary judgment ruling for the employer on a claim of age discrimination (Margaret Sue Inmon v. Mueller Copper Tube Company, Incorporated, No. 18-60145, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 4223)....