Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Kraft General Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 28, 1995No. 94-8335PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
Poleon Griffin, Nathaniel Solomon, William Harrell, and Jackie Moody (collectively “the plaintiffs”) sued Kraft General Foods, Inc., (“KGF”) and the KGF Severance Pay Plan for Hourly Non-Union Employees (“the Plan”), 1 seeking to invalidate the general releases in favor of KGF that the Plan required the plaintiffs to sign in order to receive severance benefits. The plaintiffs claim that they did not waive their rights under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act “knowingly and voluntarily,” as defined by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) § 201, 29 U.S.C. § 626(f) (Supp. V…
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