Lifeguard Fired For Not Wearing Speedo; Lawsuit Reinstated

When the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation required Jones Beach State Park lifeguard Roy Lester to wear a skimpy bathing suit for his annual swim test in 2007, Lester - then in his late 50s - refused. So the state fired him.

Since that time, Lester, now 61 and a four-decade guarding vet, has sued the department - twice - claiming age discrimination and arguing, as the New York Daily News puts it, that Speedos are "for the washboard stomach set, not aging dads like him." Both previous lawsuits were dismissed on technical grounds in 2008 and 2009, but now an appeals court has reinstated Lester's claim. His case could go to trial later this year or next year in Nassau County, the Daily News reports.

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