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Ex-IBM sales veteran sues for access to health benefits https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/19/ibm_sales_veteran_healthcare_lawsuit/

https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/19/ibm_sales_veteran_healthcare_lawsuit/

Complaint alleges age discrimination harms certain retirees

A former IBM enterprise salesperson has sued the mainframe titan claiming its recent healthcare benefit changes represents age discrimination.

On Thursday, George Adomavicius, who worked for IBM for 42 years before retiring in October 2020, filed a pro se lawsuit – meaning he's representing himself in court – against the IT goliath. Adomavicius told The Register the reason he chose to sue on his own was, "To correct a wrong."

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OP - update

suit filed - Nov 16, 2023
IBM served summons - Nov 18, 2023
IBM first response due (probably Request for Dismissal) - Dec 9, 2023

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The issue was a change in SPD (Summary Plan Doc) Jan 2020 vs Jan 2023.. no sand there

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He did not notice the retirement health care benefit that was trashed when he was a new hire or the pension theft. Sounds like 40 years with his head in the sand !

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"We struggled to find an attorney who found any grounds to sue IBM," Bergeron told The Register in a phone interview. The problem, he said, was that IBM's benefits documentation didn't actually appear to promise anything...

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