Jerry Castleman v. Acme Boot Company

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• holding that timing of termination of employee, only eight months before he reached early retirement age, was evidence of age discrimination
• jury is entitled to rely on \inconsistencies and less than credible assertions\ in deciding that employer's proffered rationale for firing employee was pretext for age discrimination
• \A jury's conclusion that an employer's reasons were pretextual can be supported by inconsistencies in or the unconvincing nature of the decisionmaker's testimony.\
• \A jury's conclusion that an employer's <br>reasons were pretextual can be supported by inconsistencies in or <br>the unconvincing nature of the decisionmaker's testimony.\

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