McKnight v. Kimberly Clark Corp.

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• holding that the plaintiff's own opinion was insufficient to establish a triable issue of fact
• holding that the plaintiff failed to show pretext based solely on the comment of a supervisor at the time of termination stating that “he [the supervisor] was not as old” as McKnight
• holding that if employer actually believed plaintiff committed claimed sexual assault, its proffered reason for termination was not pretextual, even if later shown to be erroneous
• holding that if employer actually believed plaintiff committed claimed sexual assault, its proffered reason for termination was not pretextual, even if later shown to be erroneous
• concluding that plaintiff failed to establish pretext where employer believed in good faith the allegations of an employee that plaintiff sexually assaulted her, even if belief later proved erroneous
• holding that “[t]he test is [the] good faith belief’ of the defendant in taking its actions, and “such belief would not be pretextual even if the belief was later found to be erroneous”

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