Legal Opinion
Knight v. Avon Products, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 10, 2003PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
We granted an application for direct appellate review filed by the defendant, Avon Products, Inc. (Avon), to decide whether a plaintiff in an indirect evidence case of age discrimination may satisfy the elements of her prima facie case in the absence of a showing that she was replaced by a substantially younger person. A jury in the Superior Court determined that the plaintiff’s termination from her position as a district sales manager for Avon violated G. L. c. 151B, § 4 (IB),2 and awarded her a total of $795,000 in damages. The trial judge thereafter denied Avon’s motions for judgment…
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