District Court, W.D. Michigan March 30, 2000, 1:98-cv-00585 (Butcher v. Gerber Products Co.)

OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.

Four Plaintiffs filed this collective action pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 626(b)

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on behalf of themselves and as representatives of a class of approximately 216

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similarly situated former employees of the Defendant, Gerber Products Company (“Gerber”), alleging that Gerber’s elimination of its sales force in January 1998 violated the Age Discrimination in