5th Circuit Says Retiree Can’t Prove Age Discrimination, Affirms Summary Judgment

Mealey's (January 7, 2020, 9:31 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 13 affirmed summary judgment for an employer in an age discrimination lawsuit, ruling in an unpublished per curiam decision that the employee, who claimed that he was forced to retire due to his age, failed to show that his retirement was a pretext for discrimination (Paul Tagliabue, Jr. v. Orkin, L.L.C., No. 18-40691, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 36971)....