Medlock v. Ortho Biotech, Inc.

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• holding that closeness in time between the alleged retaliatory acts and the protected conduct raises a genuine issue as to a causal connection
• noting that a mixed-motives analysis applies “where the evidence is sufficient to allow a trier to find both forbidden and permissible motives.”
• noting that “we do not foreclose the possibility that in appropriate circumstances the logic of McKennon may permit certain limitations on relief based on post-termination conduct”
• finding direct evidence of retaliatory motive in an employer's letter stating that it was firing the plaintiff because he gave a deposition complaining about unequal pay
• considering whether jury should have been instructed “that defendant’s damages could be limited based on events that took place after [plaintiff's] termination”
• considering whether jury should have been instructed “that defendant’s damages could be limited based on events that took place after [plaintiff’s] termination”

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