Boddorff v. Publicker Industries, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 623 (ADEA), generally proscribes arbitrary discrimination based on age in hiring and discharging workers. Lorillard v. Pom, 434 U.S. 575, 98 S.Ct. 866, 55 L.Ed.2d 40 (1978). Claiming violations of this statute, plaintiffs instituted this action to recover for defendants’ allegedly discriminatory and willful termination of their employment. Specifically, plaintiffs assert that defendants discriminatorily terminated them because of their age and replaced them with younger…