Martino v. MCI Communications Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the term “oldtimer” does not appear to be an inherently offensive term and could, instead, be a term of endearment
• observing that distinction between direct and indirect methods is often fleeting, that under either method the bottom-line question is the same, and that much if not all of the same evidence is. at play under either method
• finding no evidence to support cat’s paw theory where, among other things, plaintiff did not allege that anything in materials relied upon as basis for suspension was false
• rejecting argument that employee met employer’s expectations despite job success in certain areas
• discussing the “same-actor inference” and noting that “common sense” made it unlikely the plaintiff was fired on the basis of his age when he was fired by the same manager who had interviewed and hired him only two years before
• “[I]n the ADEA context, it’s not enough to show that age was a motivating factor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).