CHANEY v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC FACILITY MANAGEMENT

Nos. 98-30063, 98-30201.

179 F.3d 164 (1999)

Ferman CHANEY, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC FACILITY MANAGEMENT, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Ferman Chaney, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. New Orleans Public Facility Management, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Edward Williams, Metairie, LA, Charles E. Tate, Ville Platte, LA, for Chaney.

Philip A. Franco, Edward Michael Morris, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, Kelly Collins Woodford, Jackson, Myrick, Chambers & Byrne, Mobile, AL, for New Orleans Pub. Fac. Mgmt., Inc.

Before GARWOOD, DAVIS and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

Ferman Chaney sued New Orleans Public Facility Management, Inc. for unlawful retaliatory discharge, and succeeded in obtaining damages and reinstatement to his former position. We find that the evidence adduced at trial by Chaney is insufficient to support the jury's finding of liability, and accordingly we reverse the judgment below.

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Ferman Chaney is an employee of New Orleans Public Facility Management, Inc. (NOPFMI),...

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