Pilkington v. Bally's Park Place, Inc.

In this employment action brought pursuant to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A 10:5-1 to -49, June Pilkington, a fifty-nine-year-old casino pit manager alleged that her employer, Bally’s Park Place, Inc., discriminated against her by failing to promote her because of age. (She also alleged retaliatory discharge, but that issue is not before us.) The trial court granted the employer’s motion for summary judgment, declaring that Pilkington had failed to establish a prima facie case of employment discrimination because she did not show that she was “qualified” for the position…