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Age discrimination cases could rise as work force grows older.(Legal Affairs)
Crain's Cleveland Business, April, 2007
Byline: Eileen Beal How does a $7.8 million punch to the bottom-line - because you didn't follow workplace age discrimination rules following a layoff - sound? That's the wallop that Philips Medical Systems, a division of Philips Electronics of Amsterdam, took in 2003 when a Cuyahoga County jury heard engineer Thomas Sadowski's age discrimination case.
Though the amount Philips Medical Systems eventually paid Mr. Sadowski was lowered at the appeals court level, the message the award sent to Northeast Ohio employers was chilling. "Juries are saying enough is enough,'' explained David Young, the employment lawyer who took the case to trial on Mr. Sadowski's behalf. And, noted Mr. Young, things are going to get worse. The work force is aging - every...
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