NIELSEN v. WESTERN ELEC. CO., INC.

No. 78-1900.

603 F.2d 741 (1979)

Ralph A. NIELSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Kokoruda, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, Kansas City, Mo. (argued), R. Lawrence Ward and George A. Barton, Kansas City, Mo., on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sandra L. Schermerhorn, Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, Kansas City, Mo., (argued), and Jack L. Whitacre, Kansas City, Mo., on brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before LAY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and DEVITT, Chief District Judge.


DEVITT, Chief District Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from the district court's entry of summary judgment finding his claim of discriminatory demotion in employment on account of age to be barred by failure to file a notice of intent to sue within the statutorily required 180 day period and from its ruling that neither damages for pain and suffering nor punitive damages are recoverable under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq...

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