RIDOUT v. JBS USA, LLC

No. 12-3220.

716 F.3d 1079 (2013)

Lyle RIDOUT, Plaintiff-Appellant v. JBS USA, LLC, also known as Swift Beef Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 14, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Haraldson , argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellant.

Walter Vernon Siebert , argued, Sarah Rose Peace , on the brief, Denver, CO, for appellee.

Before MURPHY, BEAM, and BYE, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Lyle Ridout, a rendering superintendent at a pork processing plant owned by JBS USA, LLC, was discharged after an incident arising from an equipment failure and later replaced by two employees substantially younger than he. Ridout brought this action against JBS under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 623, and the Iowa Civil Rights Act (ICRA), Iowa Code § 216.6, alleging that age was the real reason for his...

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