Haigh v. Gelita USA, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that while evidence showed a personal conflict with new manager, there was no evidence of age discrimination
• explaining that the plaintiff's “justifications for his failure to meet [the employer’s] expectations are not evidence that creates a genuine issue of fact as to whether [the employer’s] reasons were mere pretext”
• holding, in the age discrimination context, that “it is unlikely a supervisor would hire an older employee and then discriminate on the basis of age, and such evidence creates a presumption against discrimination”
• possessing the basic skills necessary to perform the job is sufficient to establish the legitimate expectations element
• possessing the basic skills to perform the job is enough to meet this burden
• noting the conflict in the circuit regarding whether a plaintiff establishes the second element of a prima facie case by showing minimal qualifications for his or her position or that he or she met the employer’s legitimate expectations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).