GRIFFIN v. KRAFT GENERAL FOODS, INC.

No. 94-8335.

62 F.3d 368 (1995)

Poleon GRIFFIN; Nathaniel Solomon; Jackie Moody, and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, William Harrell, Plaintiff, v. KRAFT GENERAL FOODS, INC., d/b/a Kraft USA, and KGF Severance Pay Plan for Hourly Non-Union Employees, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harmon White Caldwell, Jr., Nisbet Stovall Kendrick, III, and Kristofer R. Schleicher, Johnson & Montgomery, Atlanta, GA, for appellants.

Steven S. Zaleznick, and Sally Dunaway, Washington, DC, for amicus, American Association of Retired Persons.

Edward Lloyd Sutter, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA and BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for appellees.

Ann Elizabeth Reesman, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, for amicus, Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Before HATCHETT and COX, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Poleon Griffin, Nathaniel Solomon, William Harrell, and Jackie Moody (collectively "the plaintiffs") sued Kraft General Foods, Inc., ("KGF") and the KGF Severance Pay Plan for Hourly Non-Union Employees ("the Plan"),1 seeking to invalidate the general releases in favor of KGF that the Plan required the plaintiffs to sign in order to receive severance benefits. The plaintiffs claim that they did not waive their rights under...

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