CLEARFIELD, Pa. - An appeals court has stripped the class-action status from an age-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former inspector against the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The Commonwealth Court reversed a decision by Clearfield County President Judge John K. Reilly Jr., who granted class-action status to PennDot employees who were at least 40 as of March 1996 and believed that they had suffered adverse employment decisions because of their age. The panel said Oct. 15 that no evidence was presented to prove that age discrimination was a problem.
Posted by Editor at November 3, 2003 10:55 AM