Legal Opinion
John J. Kalvinskas, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. California Institute of Technology, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1996No. 94-55958PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to interpret the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 (OWBPA), Pub.L. No. 101-433, 104 Stat. 978. At issue is the meaning of a provision in the OWBPA that permits an employer to offset long-term disability benefits with the pension benefits for which a retirement-age employee is eligible.
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The facts are not in dispute. Kalvinskas was employed as a research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology…
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