May 20, 2024
A Michigan federal judge on Monday issued a brief order dismissing an age bias lawsuit brought by a former Detroit Tigers employee against the MLB team, saying the parties informed the court they have resolved all claims just a month before trial was set to begin.
May 03, 2024
A Michigan federal judge called out the Detroit Tigers for failing to indicate whether it had reached out to opposing counsel before filing its recent motion to exclude testimony in a former clubhouse manager's age bias case, denying the team's exclusion bid as trial approaches.
April 30, 2024
The Detroit Tigers has told a federal court that a former employee who alleged the club made a habit of letting older workers go to promote younger ones shouldn't be allowed to have eight other departed or demoted staff members testify in an upcoming trial.
March 15, 2024
A Michigan federal judge said Friday a jury should hear a 58-year-old former Detroit Tigers clubhouse manager's claims that he was fired because of his age, pointing to a record that could show his boss had a pattern of replacing older workers with younger ones.
December 04, 2023
A former clubhouse manager for the Detroit Tigers baseball team urged a Michigan federal court not to toss his suit claiming he was fired because he was nearly 60 years old, arguing his termination was part of a team executive's elimination of older workers.
October 23, 2023
The Detroit Tigers urged a Michigan federal judge to toss a former clubhouse manager's claim that he was fired because of his age, saying the worker was given years of opportunity to improve his job performance, but failed to do so.
August 01, 2023
A Black clubhouse manager who has accused Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers of firing him so they could fill his position with his younger, white assistant wants to press ahead with discovery in his lawsuit so he can collect more information about possible patterns of discrimination within the club.
June 26, 2023
A Michigan federal judge has ordered into mediation a case between Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers and a Black former clubhouse manager who alleges that his firing and replacement with a younger, white man violated his civil rights.
March 13, 2023
A Black former clubhouse manager for the Detroit Tigers who sued the team in November after being fired and replaced by his "much younger" white assistant on Monday added claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to his suit in Michigan federal court.
November 22, 2022
A Black former clubhouse manager for the Detroit Tigers has filed suit against the team in Michigan federal court, claiming he was abruptly fired and replaced by his "much younger" white assistant, despite being an "unwaveringly loyal" employee for more than 33 years.