Jun 24, 2005   | COMMENTS     

13 and put in 21 years with the hamburger giant, eventually becoming a corporate manager. Then, he contends, he was pressured to resign in 1997 because he has AIDS. Left without health insurance, Rich said he nearly died from the illness. Rich, 41, of Akron, won a $5 million verdict in his discrimination case against the burger chain in 2001.