This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Litigation

May 5, 2016

Attorneys argue jokes, facial expressions in Disney age discrimination suit

A former The Walt Disney Company employee claims comments about his age created a "general impression of animus" and his superiors plotted to replace him with a younger employee.

By Steven Crighton
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A former employee of The Walt Disney Company claims repeated comments about his age created a "general impression of animus" and that his superiors plotted to fire him in order to replace him with a younger employee.

Barry N. Lipsitz was 63 when he was fired from his position as senior manager, court documents show. In a motion for summary judgment hearin...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up