FARISS v. LYNCHBURG FOUNDRY

Nos. 84-2137, 84-2169.

769 F.2d 958 (1985)

Marguerite FARISS, Administratrix of the Estate of Ewell W. Fariss, Appellant, v. LYNCHBURG FOUNDRY, a Mead Corporation, Appellee. Ewell W. FARISS, Appellee, v. LYNCHBURG FOUNDRY, a Mead Corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nate L. Adams, III, Roanoke, Va. (Donald W. Huffman, Bird, Kinder & Huffman, Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Edmund M. Kneisel, Atlanta, Ga. (Charles M. Rice, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, Ga., Robert C. Wood, III, Edmunds & Williams, Lynchburg, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL, WILKINSON and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges.


WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Ewell W. Fariss, the original plaintiff in this action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 (1982) et seq., brought suit against defendant Lynchburg Foundry Company, alleging he had been terminated from employment because of his age. He sought reinstatement, back pay and punitive damages.

Mr. Fariss died and his widow, Marguerite S. Fariss, was...

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