Older Lawyer Asks High Court to Consider Age Bias in Hiring Case

An Illinois lawyer wants the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether as an unsuccessful job candidate he could sue for hiring discrimination, in a case that could test the federal law that protects against age bias.

Dale Kleber, represented by the AARP Foundation, asked the high court to review his lawsuit against CareFusion Corp., which didn’t hire the 25-year veteran for a position with a “seven-year experience cap.” The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held earlier this year that as a job applicant, Kleber couldn’t challenge policies under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the civil ...