Chain reaction – Sexual harassment charges lead to age discrimination lawsuit

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Abstract: This article discusses a 69-year-old man, terminated because of sexual harassment claims, who claimed that his dismissal on those grounds was a pretext to hide age discrimination. He cited a remark about his age made by the COO, but the appeals court ruled that this constituted a “stray remark” that by itself was insufficient to defeat summary judgment. However, a sidebar looks at a different case, in which age-related comments were not considered stray remarks.