Spencer v. Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

O’HERN, J.

This is an employment discrimination case. At issue is the admission into evidence of a statement by a personnel director to an employee to the effect that the employee was denied promotion because her immediate supervisors did not wish a woman of her age and race to hold the position that the employee sought.

We hold that, because the personnel director’s-statement identified the supervisors involved, and because the alleged statements by the supervisors fall within the scope of their employment, the personnel director’s statement to…