Karen Horwitz v. Board of Education of Avoca School District No. 37, John W. Sloan, Venette Biancalana, and Dorothy Ballantyne

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• stating that a plaintiff properly brought her ADEA claim against her employer only because \there is no individual liability under the ADEA\
• stating that “it is difficult to infer causation based solely upon the timing of [plaintiff’s] termination and the filing of this lawsuit” when there is a six-month gap
• observing that the plaintiff had \properly\ brought her ADEA claim against only her employer, and stating that the Seventh Circuit \ha[s] suggested that there is no individual liability under the ADEA\
• affirming dismissal of complaint where plaintiff was terminated 18 months after submitting essay to local newspaper
• implying that FMLA liability for individuals is possible
• listing identical elements for an ADEA retaliation claim and citing Sauzek v. Exxon Coal USA, Inc., 202 F.3d 913, 918 (7th Cir. 2000) and Vanasco v. National-Louis Univ., 137 F.3d 962, 968 (7th Cir. 1998)

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