Employer – Employee :  ADA –  ADEA – Pretext

Where a hospital employee brought claims alleging discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act against his employer following his termination, summary judgment for the defendant is affirmed because the plaintiff fialed to show that the employer’s reason for his termination was a pretext for unlawful discrimination, and he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies on a failure-to-accommodate claim.

Judgment is affirmed.

Lindeman v. St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City (MLW No. 71985/Case No. 17-3067 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8^th Circuit, Shepherd, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Bough, J. (Michael Joseph Gallagher, Kansas City, Missouri, argued for appellant) (Alyssa S. Gonnerman, Kansas City, Missouri, argued for appellee; Jeffrey D. Hanslick appeared on the brief).

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