WEST v. NABORS DRILLING USA, INC.

No. 02-40954.

330 F.3d 379 (2003)

Thomas E. WEST, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NABORS DRILLING USA, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Neal Nester (argued), Christopher & Nester, Ridgeland, MS, Sherra L. Hillman, Waynesboro, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas Howard Wilson (argued), Merritt Banning Chastain, III, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges, and FITZWATER, District Judge.


FITZWATER, District Judge:

A jury found that defendant Nabors Drilling USA, Inc. ("Nabors") terminated plaintiff Thomas E. West's ("West's") employment because of his age, in willful violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. We must decide whether the evidence is sufficient to support the jury's findings that Nabors discharged West because of his age and that it willfully violated the ADEA, and its...

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