Legal Opinion
Gibson v. American Greetings Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 5, 2012No. 11-1467PublishedCited by 241 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
James and Lena Gibson, husband and wife, appeal the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment in favor of American Greetings Corporation (“AGC”) on their race and age discrimination, and retaliation claims. We affirm.
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Lena Gibson, an African-American female, has worked at AGC since January 1975 in a number of departments, performing a variety of job duties, and is currently still employed at AGC. She was approximately age fifty-three at the time of events giving rise to her lawsuit. In this action, Lena claims AGC failed to cross-train her for higher-level positions due…
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