O'ROURKE v. CONTINENTAL CAS. CO.

No. 92-2004.

983 F.2d 94 (1993)

John O'ROURKE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, doing business as CNA Insurance Companies, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1993.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia Oney (argued), Mark Hansen, Gail Rabinowitz, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jeffrey S. Goldman, Allison Blakley (argued), Steven L. Gillman, Fox & Grove, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 3, 1993.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

CNA Insurance Companies fired John O'Rourke in 1975. After he filed a charge of age discrimination, CNA voluntarily reinstated him. Eleven years later, CNA fired O'Rourke a second time. Once again he accused CNA of age discrimination. This time CNA held its ground, and a jury concluded that CNA had not counted O'Rourke's age against him. Nonetheless O'Rourke prevailed, because...

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