Norma Rollins v. Techsouth, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the rule should be applied “sparingly because of the harsh effect [it] may have on a party’s case”
• noting that “[i]t is rare that direct evidence of discrimination exists,” but finding manager’s statements raised an inference that age discrimination motivated the discriminatory conduct
• recognizing that even where a plaintiff’s position is “restructured and relabeled,” and even if some of the plaintiff’s duties are redistributed to various other employees, a plaintiff can still establish that he was replaced by an employee outside of his protected class
• noting that unsubstantiated assertions cannot defeat summary judgment
• summary judgment for the employer reversed where plaintiff “articulated specific facts from which one could infer that [the employer] actually replaced her”
• plaintiff established prima facie case even where the successor employee performed only some of the terminated plaintiff’s job duties

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