Bagwe v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that comments made outside of work, in social settings, are less likely to be evidence of workplace discrimination
• concluding that no reasonable juror could infer discrimination based on comments made over a year before plaintiff’s termination
• concluding that placement on performance improvement plan on its own did not rise to level of adverse employment action
• suggesting that the court need not address the McDonnell Douglas framework when the plaintiff does not utilize it in response to a summary judgment motion
• suggesting that the court need not address the McDonnell Douglas framework when the plaintiff does not utilize it in response to a summary judgment motion
• noting that “temporal proximity” between protected activity and punitive action “is rarely sufficient to establish a causal connection” absent “additional evidence”

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