Legal Opinion
Butcher v. Gerber Products Co.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided March 30, 2000No. 1:98-cv-00585PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.
Four Plaintiffs filed this collective action pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 626(b) 1 on behalf of themselves and as representatives of a class of approximately 216 2 similarly situated former employees of the Defendant, Gerber Products Company (“Gerber”), alleging that Gerber’s elimination of its sales force in January 1998 violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634. They further allege that Gerber violated the ADEA when, in anticipation of the elimination of its sales force, Gerber amended its severance benefits plan in…
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