Smith v. Lafayette Bank & Trust Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that in order for complaints to constitute protected activity under the ADEA, \they must include an objection to discrimination on the basis of age.\
• noting that general complaints about discrimination or harassment, without tethering them to a protected class, is insufficient
• finding that an EEOC charge filed after the plaintiff was already terminated \doom[ed]\ her retaliation claim because the employer was not aware of it before terminating the employee
• “In order for Plaintiffs complaints to constitute protected activity, they must include an objection to discrimination on the basis of [race].”
• “In order for [the plaintiff’s] complaints to constitute protected activity, they must include an objection to discrimination on the basis of age.”
• EEOC charge filed five months after termination cannot support a claim for ADEA retaliation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).