From: FindLaw Opinion Summaries - Labor Law
(U.S. 7th Cir., Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law) In an
action for employment discrimination and retaliation, district
court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where:
1) plaintiff failed to produce enough evidence to support an
inference that defendant's failure to promote was in retaliation
for his protected activity; 2) the alterations to plaintiff's job
were not materially adverse and insufficient to dissuade a
reasonable employee from filing a discrimination charge; and 3) the
court properly determined that certain comments made by other
employees were either hearsay or irrelevant to the issue of whether
plaintiff was terminated for a retaliatory purpose.
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