Balent v. National Revenue Corp.

Deshler, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Robert W. Balent and Philip M. Cooper, appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas dismissing appellants’ claims for age discrimination against defendants-appellees, National Revenue Corporation (“NRC”) and National Revenue Services Corporation (“NRSC”).

The facts of this case are not in dispute. Appellants were employees of NRC from 1987 until their termination on May 24, 1991. Both appellants were over age forty at the time of their discharge, which NRC characterized as prompted by budgetary cut-backs.

Both appellants filed charges…