Legal Opinion
Blackman v. Visiting Nurses Ass'n
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1997No. 96-CV-475PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Associate Judge.
In this appeal from the grant of summary judgment against an employee who claimed she was discharged on account of her nationality and race, we hold that the official who made the decision to terminate the employee for violating company policy is not tainted with the alleged discriminatory animus of the employee’s immediate supervisor where the immediate supervisor was not involved in the decision to terminate but only provided the decisionmaker with information about conduct by the employee which violated company policy. Therefore, we affirm.
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