Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit April 21, 2005, 03-3547, 03-3695 (Edward West v. Ortho-Mcneil Pharmaceutical Corporation)

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

In 1997, just a month before his 60th birthday, Edward West, an African-American male, was hired by a company called Innovex. Innovex provided pharmaceutical companies, like the defendant Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Corporation (OMPC), with contract sales representatives.