AutoZone, Inc. v. Reyes

After he was discharged from his job at AutoZone, Inc., sixty-two-year-old Salvador Reyes sued AutoZone for age discrimination. AutoZone contended Reyes was discharged because he sexually harassed a female co-worker. The jury found for Reyes, and the trial court entered judg ment on the verdict. The court of appeals determined that statements made by an AutoZone employee not involved in or connected with Reyes’s discharge and evidence of discipline meted out to other employees for sexual harassment comprised legally sufficient evidence to support the finding of age discrimination. 2006 WL…