Legal Opinion
Acevedo-Parrilla v. Novartis Ex-Lax, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 10, 2012No. 10-2276PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Hernán AcevedoParrilla (“Acevedo”) appeals the district court’s award of summary judgment to his former employer, Novartis Ex-Lax (“Ex-Lax” or “the company”), on his claims of age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634. Upon careful review of the record, we find that it holds sufficient evidence from which a jury could conclude that the company’s reason for terminating Acevedo was pretextual, and that the true reason for his termination was discriminatory based on his age. We therefore…
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