Legal Opinion
Schanzer v. United Technologies Corp.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 29, 2000No. 3:98CV834 (JBA)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ARTERTON, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs Robert Schanzer (Schanzer) and Robert Madison (Madison) charge that their former employer, Pratt & Whitney (“Pratt”), discriminated against them on the basis of their age when they were selected for layoff by means of a “paired comparison” ranking process that purported to measure, among other criteria, the individual’s “future potential.” The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on their disparate treatment claims on February 1, 2000, and awarded $135,000 in economic loss to Schanzer and $130,000 in…
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