Cariglia v. Hertz Equipment Rental Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the plaintiff satisfied standard after district court found that the false information was a “pivotal consideration” in the discharge
• holding that subordinate’s bias may be imputed to employer where decisionmaker relies on misleading information from subordinate in taking adverse action
• holding that an employee who withheld exculpatory information, because of discriminatory animus, thus contributing to coworker’s termination, “impermissibly tainted” the termination decision
• holding that an employee's supervisor's animus could be imputed to the decisionmaker
• stating that the district court should have reviewed the animus of an employee that may have manipulated the information provided to the ultimate decisionmakers
• stating that the district court should have reviewed the animus of an employee that may have manipulated the information provided to the ultimate decisionmakers

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