Legal Opinion
50 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1099, 51 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 39,295 Marcel Verbraeken, Cross-Appellant v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 1989No. 88-3109PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge:
Mr. Marcel Verbraeken was an employee in the Renewal Parts Section of Westinghouse Electric Corporation’s Power Generation Division Headquarters in Orlando, Florida. An economic downturn in the power generation business led Westinghouse to reduce its work force in 1983. A low score in an evaluation put Mr. Ver-braeken below the cutoff to be retained. Mr. Verbraeken, then 61 years of age, retired pursuant to an advanced retirement program rather than be laid off.
Mr. Verbraeken then sued Westinghouse, claiming that his former employer had violated the Age Discrimination in…
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