Article: Ex-Anchor employees settle lawsuit for $480,000

The largest shareholder of the bankrupt Anchor Glass Container Corp. settled a class-action lawsuit Friday with 248 former employees for $480,000.

The employees sued after they claimed the Connellsville, Fayette County, plant did not give the required 60 days notice when the plant closed Nov. 4, 2004, and laid off more than 300 employees.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs said they could seek up to 40 percent of the settlement for attorneys' fees, leaving $288,000 to be split among the 248 workers, or $1,161 each.

The workers sued New York-based Cerberus Capital Management, the company's largest investor, in 2006. A prior lawsuit against Anchor was wiped out after the company filed for bankruptcy ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!