Ex-IBM Worker Fired At 61 Despite $7.8M In Sales, Court Told

By Abigail Harrison · January 5, 2026, 3:10 PM EST

A 61-year-old former International Business Machines Corp. sales specialist who worked under multimillion-dollar quotas said his abrupt firing was motivated not by poor performance but by the company's systemic age bias,...

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Case Information

Case Title

PALMER v. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Case Number

1:26-cv-00004

Court

North Carolina Middle

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Jobs

Date Filed

January 02, 2026