Barber Blue Sea v. Trailer Marine Transport Corp.

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• laying out a defendant’s burden under both Title VII and Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• dismissing breach of fiduciary duty claim to the extent it was duplicative of a misappropriation claim
• finding direct evidence of causation where plaintiff’s “superiors were angry at him for complaining about age discrimination and for filing a formal complaint”
• finding evidence that the plaintiff's “superiors were angry at him for complaining about . . . discrimination” was direct evidence of a causal connection between plaintiff's protected activity and defendant’s alleged retaliation
• finding evidence that the plaintiffs “superiors were angry at him for complaining about age discrimination” was direct evidence of a causal connection between plaintiff's protected activity and defendant’s alleged retaliation in violation of Title VII
• “Defendant, however, has presented no evidence that Firme-nich’s confidential or proprietary information was used by Delville to benefit his subsequent employers. Thus, Defendant’s duty of loyalty claim fails as a matter of law.”

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