RETIREMENT BONUS: When an Ohio-based company stripped...

RETIREMENT BONUS: When an Ohio-based company stripped Richard S. Gibson of Mission Viejo of his regional manager post and demoted him, Gibson decided to fight back--in court. ARO Corp. had told him that after 22 years he couldn’t keep up to speed, despite a strong work record. . . . “It was a very degrading and humiliating situation to be in,” says Gibson, now 65. A jury agreed: This week it awarded him $4 million (D1).