Lytle v. Malady

In the matter now before us, this Court is asked to clarify the evidentiary threshold a discharged employee must satisfy in order to create a genuine issue of material fact when an employer asserts that its decision to discharge an employee was precipitated by business conditions. We are also asked to decide whether a discharged employee may challenge an employer’s decision to reduce its work force charging discrimination, even when the reduction in work force (rif) decision has been deemed bona fide.

We hold that even when an employer’s rif decision is concluded to be bona fide, an employee…