Robert P. PETITTI, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee

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• where an employment action “disadvantages” persons engaging in protected activity, this element is made out
• the third element of the prima facie case is made out where there is a showing that “retaliatory motive play[ed] a part in the adverse employment actions.”
• summary judgment is proper if evidence is so one-sided that one party must prevail as a matter of law
• “Intent to discriminate is a question of fact and [the court] must leave this determination to the jury.”
• “On appeal our role is not to second-guess the business decisions of an employer, nor to impose our subjective judgments of which person would best fulfill the responsibilities of a certain job.”
• “On appeal our role is not to second-guess the business decisions of an employer, nor to impose our subjective judgments of which person would best fulfill the responsibilities of a certain job.”

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