Grace Ptasznik v. St. Joseph Hospital and Resurrection Health Care

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “explaining that we do not sit as a super-personnel department with authority” to correct an employer’s decision that is unwise or unfair
• stating that “[p]retext is not necessarily established merely when the plaintiff demonstrates the employer’s reason was mistaken”
• pretext inquiry must focus on whether the employer’s stated reason is honest, not well-reasoned, wise or accurate
• “We do not sit as a super-personnel department with authority to review an employer’s business decision”
• “Federal courts have authority to correct an adverse employment action only where the employer’s decision is unlawful, and not merely when the adverse action is unwise or even unfair.”
• pretext inquiry must focus on whether the employer’s stated reason is honest, not well-reasoned, wise or accurate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).