Teruggi v. CIT Group/Capital Fin., Inc, No. 12-2314 (7th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseTeruggi worked for CIT from 1997 until his 2009 discharge, as vice president. In 2002, Teruggi suffered a workplace injury to his right hand. In 2006, doctors amputated the little finger on his right hand and removed the connecting bones to his wrist. Teruggi filed a workers’ compensation claim and requested reasonable accommodation with respect to computer use. After other incidents involving sharing email, Terruggi, then 59 years old, was discharged for failure to protect confidential information. He sued, alleging retaliation and discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. 621, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12101. The district court granted summary judgment in CIT’s favor, finding that Teruggi’s “mosaic of circumstantial evidence” less than convincing. The Seventh Circuit affirmed. The bits of evidence Teruggi offered were essentially isolated events or comments with no apparent connection to the termination decision and did not support a reasonable inference of discrimination or retaliatory discharge, either individually or collectively.
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