Soto-Feliciano v. Villa Cofresi Hotels, Inc.

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• holding that the plaintiff had met his burden of persuasion to show pretext
• finding that seven years without a formal, written complaint from employer is sufficient to establish that employee met employer’s legitimate expectations
• continuing need for job services may be demonstrated by evidence that the former employee's job functions were absorbed by other employees
• stating that if the plaintiff shows pretext, \then he necessarily has met the lesser burden that he bears at the prima facie stage of showing a causal connection between his protected conduct and the [employer's] decision to fire him\
• \the incongruities in the defendants' account of their misconduct-based reasons for firing [plaintiff] could give rise to an inference of pretext\
• plaintiff’s termination for misconduct was sufficient to satisfy burden to articulate legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason

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