in Re Raymond Lights

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• concluding that the record supported a prima facie case where “[t]he periodic reviews in the plaintiff’s file . . . indicate that he consistently and conscientiously performed his job”
• concluding that conflicting evidence of employee’s satisfactory performance, combined with remarks concerning employee’s ability to work and evidence that younger workers were not similarly disciplined was enough to raise genuine issue of material fact as to age discrimination
• stating that “[i]n applying Massachusetts’ antidiscrimination statute, it has been our practice to follow the three stage order of proof set forth by the United States Supreme Court”
• noting that plaintiff has the burden as a part of his prima facie case to show that he performed his job at an acceptable level
• noting that the “burden of production is not onerous”
• outlining differences between federal and state law at the third stage of the analysis

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