Fired Dollar General Store Manager Sees Age Bias Lawsuit Trimmed

Dollar General will escape a former store manager’s claim that he was denied a promotion because of his age, but he’ll be allowed to move forward with his claim that he was fired for complaining about the alleged discrimination, a federal court in Minnesota said.

Steven McCorquodale managed a Dollar General in Hilltop, Minn. McCorquodale lodged an internal complaint alleging he was passed over for a promotion to a district manager position because of age bias. Soon thereafter he was fired after getting into a physical altercation with a teen shoplifter, with the stated reason being that he violated Dollar ...