Benoit v. Technical Manufacturing Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• finding that plaintiff failed to show a causal link between the protected activity and the adverse job action when more than one year had passed in between his complaints of discrimination and his termination from employment.
• rejecting a retaliation claim where the employee's protected conduct occurred \more than one year\ before his termination
• noting Title VII’s framework is “also applied when evaluating discrimination claims under Chapter 151B”
• setting forth elements of discrimination claim under Title VII and Chapter 151B
• evidence that plaintiff was terminated more than one year after he had complained of discrimination insufficient to forestall summary judgment
• plaintiff only instructed to avoid “heavy lifting” and failed to show “that this precluded him from working in a substantial class or broad range of jobs.”

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