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- Title: Beatty v. Wood
- Author : Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 17, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Argued September 10, 1999 Robert P. Beatty filed this legal malpractice case against Phillip S. Wood and Wood & Johnson, P.C. (hereinafter jointly referred to as ""Wood"") alleging that attorney negligence by Wood precluded his age discrimination case against the FAA. Beatty was employed with the FAA, Department of Transportation from 1962 until his retirement in September 1996. He was an Air Traffic Manager of Willow Run Tower at Detroit Metro from 1987 to 1995, and in 1992 Dennis Ragle became his supervisor. In 1995, Ragle issued Beatty a performance rating of ""unacceptable"" for the period from August 1993 to March 1995, and on April 10, 1995, Ragle reassigned him to the position of Program Specialist at Detroit Metro. That position was the same pay and grade as Air Traffic Manager, but Beatty contends that in contrast to the Air Traffic Manager position, it was a much lower profile position with no management responsibilities and no possibility for promotion. Beatty refused to report to the reassigned position when it commenced in June 1995, and claimed medical leave for a year. When the FAA sought further proof of eligibility for medical leave after the year, he chose instead to voluntarily retire. During that same time period, Beatty also challenged the reassignment in two forums. He filed an administrative grievance challenging the reassignment and the performance evaluation, and in August 1995 he filed an EEOC complaint. In both he alleged age discrimination. The FAA ultimately agreed to change the performance evaluation from ""unsuccessful"" to ""fully successful,"" but refused to alter the reassignment, declaring that it was based on his conduct not his performance.
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