James Castelluccio v. International Business Machines Corp. A federal magistrate judge in Connecticut has awarded $3.71 million to a former IBM executive who claims he was wrongly terminated because of his age, with the total including nearly $1 million in attorney fees. IBM had asked the judge to toss out a jury’s decision from January 2014 and grant a new trial; both requests were denied.
“He feels vindicated,” attorney Mark Carta said of his client, James Castelluccio. “A jury unanimously decided in his favor and now we’ve had a very highly respected and seasoned magistrate judge who also found his evidence compelling.”
