Riggs v. AirTran Airways, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plaintiff failed to produce direct evidence of discrimination because no “direct link” existed between the alleged discriminatory conduct and termination
• noting that statements conveyed to plaintiff were “second-hand” and inadmissible hearsay in opposition to summary judgment
• noting statements conveyed to plaintiff were “second-hand” and inadmissible hearsay in opposition to summary judgment
• noting statements conveyed to plaintiff were “second-hand” and inadmissible hearsay in opposition to summary judgment
• noting statements conveyed to plaintiff were “second-hand” and inadmissible hearsay in opposition to summary judgment
• explaining—in the ADEA context—“that evidence that similarly situated employees received different treatment than the plaintiff is indicative of pretext”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).