Soto-Feliciano v. Villa Cofresi Hotels, Inc., No. 13-2296 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, the former head chef at the Villa Cofresi Hotel, was at least forty years old at the time he was suspended and then fired. Plaintiff filed suit in federal court against the Hotel and its general manager under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Puerto Rico employment law, alleging that he was fired because of his age and in retaliation for his efforts to assert his rights against this discrimination. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on both the federal age discrimination and retaliation claims. The First Circuit vacated the judgment of the district court, holding (1) Plaintiff put forth a sufficient prima facie case of age discrimination to survive summary judgment; (2) there is a triable issue of fact as to whether the defendants’ stated grounds for firing Plaintiff were in fact a pretext for age discrimination; (3) in regard to Plaintiff’s retaliation claim, the record gives rise to competing plausible inferences from which a rational jury could find for Plaintiff; and (4) the dismissal of Plaintiff’s pendent state law claims must also be vacated. Remanded.
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