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FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES CO. v. LARGE

Nos. 84-1787, 84-1789.

493 So.2d 491 (1986)

FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Walter P. LARGE, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants. FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. George H. DATESMAN, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Clarification Denied October 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry A. Klein of Klein & Beranek, West Palm Beach, and David M. Vaughan and Joseph M. Freeman of Elarbee, Thompson & Trapnell, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant/cross-appellee.

Richard A. Kupfer of Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Johnson, Roth & Romano, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Rynthia Rost, Washington, D.C., for E.E.O.C., Amicus Curiae.

WALDEN, Judge.

Appellant, Florida Public Utilities Company, terminated the employment of appellees, Walter P. Large and George H. Datesman, after they had both worked for the company for more than thirty (30) years. At the time of termination, Mr. Large was 55 years of age and Mr. Datesman was 58 years of age. The company replaced Mr. Large and Mr. Datesman with men approximately 32 to 35 years of age, who were hired from outside the company.

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