Blair v. Henry Filters, Inc.

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

When a fifty-seven-year-old’s direct supervisor taunts him as “the old man on the sales force,” removes him from a profitable account because he is “too old,” and tells another employee he “needs to set up a younger sales force” before terminating the employee, can the employee’s age-discrimination claim survive summary judgment? We believe it can. Accordingly, we REVERSE the district court’s judgment for the employer and REMAND this case for further proceedings.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURE

A. Factual Background 1

Richard D. Blair was born in October 1945 and…