Walbro Gets Older Ex-Worker’s $2.3 Million Bias Verdict Tossed

A former Walbro LLC manager in Michigan can’t keep the $2.3 million a jury awarded him for age bias following his termination after more than 41 years, because the evidence he presented at trial differed from his previous testimony, a federal judge ruled.

Missing during the trial of the worker’s claim under Michigan’s Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act was the potential direct proof the Sixth Circuit cited in reviving the case for review by a jury, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan said. The appeals panel noted the worker’s deposition testimony that his supervisor mentioned when ...