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Labor/Employment

May 28, 2010

Jury Likely to Hear Google Age Bias Case

It may be up to a jury to decide whether Google fired a 54-year-old engineer due to age discrimination, the California Supreme Court indicated Wednesday.

By Laura Ernde

Daily Journal Staff Writer

It may be up to a jury to decide whether Google fired a 54-year-old engineer due to age discrimination, the California Supreme Court indicated Wednesday.

The justices gave no sign at oral argument that they would stand in the way of allowing Brian Reid to proceed with the case against the Internet giant.

Instead, the justices seemed to be struggling with the weighty proce...

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