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Civil Rights : Gender Discrimination – Retaliation – Causation
Stephanie Maniscalco//March 23, 2017//
Civil Rights : Gender Discrimination – Retaliation – Causation
Stephanie Maniscalco//March 23, 2017//
Where a plaintiff challenged the dismissal of her claims of gender discrimination and retaliation, the time between the protected activity and the adverse employment action were too attenuated to establish causation, and there was also a lack of evidence from which a jury could infer a discriminatory motive, so summary judgment for the employer was proper, and summary judgment was also proper on the gender discrimination claim because she failed to show that the employer’s proffered reason for her termination was pretext.
Judgment is affirmed.
Liles v. C.S. McCrossan, Inc. (MLW No. 70323/Case No. 15-3801 – 17 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, Magnuson, J. (George E. Antrim III, Minneapolis, argued for appellant) (Penelope Jane Phillips, Minneapolis, argued for appellee; Grant T. Collins appeared on the brief).
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