BUTCHER v. GERBER PRODUCTS CO.

No. 1:98-CV-585.

88 F.Supp.2d 788 (2000)

Richard A. BUTCHER, Thomas H. Johnson, James Thomas and Daniel J. Velkovich, individually and as Class Representatives, Plaintiffs, v. GERBER PRODUCTS COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

March 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Rhett Pinsky, Pinsky, Smith, Fayette & Hulswit, Grand Rapids, MI, Richard N. Gray, Meyers, Tersigni, Feldman & Gray, New York City, David M. Monachino, Mandel & Resnik, PC, New York City, Daniel L. Berger, Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossman, LLP, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Charles S. Mishkind, Thomas J. Heiden, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, PLC, Grand Rapids, MI, John F. Wymer, III, Karen D. Wildau, Jacqueline E. Kalk, Kathryn B. Vargo, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, GA, Robert D. VanderLaan, Bradley C. White, VanderLaan & Associates, PC, Grand Rapids, MI, for defendant.


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 2162 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...

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