Legal Opinion
Kneisley v. Hercules Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided December 30, 1983No. Civ. A. 79-310 MMSPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.
This is a civil action brought by a former employee of Hercules, Inc. under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. (1976). 1 The parties raised five issues at a pretrial conference. These are: (1) whether plaintiff may proceed under a theory that he was victimized by a discriminatory reduction-in-force plan; (2) whether plaintiff must prove at trial that he was replaced by a younger employee; (3) whether testimony of similarly situated employees is admissible to prove age discrimination against plaintiff; (4)…
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