Gacek v. Owens & Minor Distribution, Inc.

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• holding that statements concerning a person’s motiva- . tions for committing suicide express only a “‘theory’ or ‘surmise’” and noting that “anyone is entitled to speculate on a person’s motives from the known facts of his behavior”
• holding a statement is not actionable “if it is plain that the speaker is expressing a subjective view, an interpretation, a theory, conjecture, or surmise”
• noting that statements concerning a person’s motivations for committing suicide were not objectively verifiable
• stating “adverse employment action” is required to establish the prima face case for retaliation
• applying McDonnell Douglas to a section 1981 retaliation claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).