Bader v. Berenfield Containers

MILLIN, P.J.,

The plaintiff’s claim under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act for wrongful discharge as an employee because of age came before the court at a bench trial on February 20, 1996. The testimony developed the following relevant facts:

The plaintiff was hired by Leonard Berenfield in November of 1983. Mr. Bader was 55 years old when he was hired, having been bom March 5, 1928. The defendant, Berenfield Containers is a company that was started in 1914, making wooden barrels and now manufactures, among other things, steel dmms. The plant in Clarendon, PA, where the plaintiff worked,…