THORN v. SUNDSTRAND AEROSPACE CORP.

No. 99-1192.

207 F.3d 383 (2000)

Richard THORN and Pat Curran, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SUNDSTRAND AEROSPACE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Futterman, Laurie A. Wardell (argued), Futternam & Howard, Chicago, IL, Frank A. Perrecone, Rockford, IL, for plaintiff-appellant Richard Thorn.

Jan Ohlander (argued), Reno, Zahm, Folgate, Lindgerg & Powell, Rockford, IL, Frank A. Perrecone, Rockford, IL, for plaintiff-appellant Pat Curran.

Max G. Brittain, Jr., Julie J. Furer (argued), Paula M. Ketcham, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

Thorn and Curran brought suit against Sundstrand Corporation under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. The claims of the two plaintiffs have little in common; though both plaintiffs were "riffed" (that is, laid off pursuant to a reduction in force (RIF)) in 1993, they worked at very different jobs in different departments of Sundstrand's aerospace division...

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