Theodore Wilson v. Timothy Cox

How courts have described this case

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• noting that courts “generally apply the same approach, in ADEA cases ... as [they] do in Title VII cases”
• finding that statements could serve as direct evidence where they came from the person who made the decision that caused the plaintiffs termination
• declining to consider an alternative theory of liability after concluding that an employment-discrimination plaintiff was entitled to a trial
• finding direct evidence where the supervisor “who made the decision to terminate [plaintiff]” made comments regarding older employees
• noting courts “generally apply the same approach in ADEA cases” as “in Title VII cases”
• reversing district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant employer upon finding that two statements allegedly made by employees of the defendant employer arguably constituted “direct evidence of age discrimination”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).