E.E.O.C. v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP.

Civ. A. Nos. 83-5457, 84-4799.

632 F.Supp. 343 (1986)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer H. Lewis, Jr., Issie L. Jenkins, Lanier Williams, James Garrett, Ida Chen, Philadelphia Dist. Office of EEOC, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff EEOC.

Thomas L. Morrissey, Rosemary Alito, Kevin P. Duffy, Silvio J. DeCarli, Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, N.J., Dona S. Kahn, Harris & Kahn, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant Westinghouse.


MEMORANDUM

KATZ, District Judge.

In the trial of this case, I saw the human wreckage of older Westinghouse employees, let go after years of service to the Company. Because these employees were eligible for their retirement benefits, they were denied the severance pay to which younger workers were entitled. Those persons eligible for early retirement were also denied severance pay, and had to draw down their reduced pension benefits to survive.

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