Bucalo v. Shelter Island Union Free School District

GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Stephanie Bucalo appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Denis R. Hurley, Judge) based on a jury verdict in favor of defendant-appellee Shelter Island Union Free School District (“the District”) in her action for age discrimination and retaliation. The district court denied Bucalo’s motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50. On appeal, Bucalo argues that because of the death of the sole District employee with direct knowledge of the reasons…