3rd Circuit Refuses Tolling Of Eye Doctor’s Age Discrimination Claims

(April 15, 2018, 2:42 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — In a case where an ophthalmologist suspected age bias at the time his contract was terminated and believed bias was confirmed months later when his younger colleague secured the contract, there can be no tolling during that time as the doctor failed to show that there was deception that caused him to file his claims nearly a year after his termination, the Third Circuit U.S. Court Appeals ruled March 19 (Harold P. Koller, et al. v. Abington Memorial Hospital, No. 17-2094, 3rd Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 6796)....