The League of Iowa Human & Civil Rights Agencies

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said FBL Financial Group Inc, an insurance and financial services company, deserves a new trial on an age bias claim by Jack Gross, a former claims administration director. Gross contended that the West Des Moines, Iowa-based company reassigned some of his duties in 2003, and that the demotion was in part because of his age, 54, at the time. A jury awarded him $46,945 for lost compensation.

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