AUGUSTA (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that an age and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by a longtime employee of an Augusta hospital can go forward.
John Wyman of West Gardiner sued MaineGeneral Medical Center in 2010 saying he was denied a job in the hospital’s reorganized information technology division following treatment for cancer, while a man in his early 20s was hired in his place.
The 61-year-old Wyman had worked at the hospital for 20 years.
The Kennebec Journal reports a judge ruled that Wyman had raised legitimate concerns over whether he had comparable or better skills than the person who replaced him.
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