Articles Posted in Age

Court dismisses the age bias claims of a pistol-packin’ old cripple

May 26, 2011 | by Eric B. Meyer

A 51-year-old auto-parts specialist with lupus, fibromyalgia, diabetes and arthritis, claimed that his 29-year-old co-worker called him an “old cripple” and an “old man,” labeled him “too old to be trained,” and threatened to beat him with a baseball bat.

The 51-year-old responded by telling his manager that he would kick the 29-year-old’s ass and then came to work with a handgun in his car.

Wha Wha Whaaaaaat?!?!

Did the older employee overreact? Maybe. But was he the victim of a hostile work environment?

Find out after the jump.

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New Jersey applies Lilly Ledbetter Act to LAD case

November 25, 2010 | by Eric B. Meyer

The New Jersey Supreme Court in

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