Gibson, et al. v. American Greetings Corp., No. 11-1467 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs, husband and wife, appealed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of AGC on their race and discrimination retaliation claims. The court held that, even assuming both husband and wife presented sufficient evidence to make out a prima facie case of age discrimination, they both have failed to present adequate proof to overcome AGC's proffered legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for its employment actions - limiting wife's cross-training opportunities and terminating husband. The court also held that wife did not produce sufficient evidence to indicate AGC's employment actions allegedly denying her cross-training were retaliatory in nature and husband did not provide evidence that his termination was pretextual. Accordingly, the court affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of AGC on all claims.
Court Description: Civil Case - employment discrimination. Husband and wife each claimed age and race discrimination and retaliation for filing grievance. District court's grant of summary judgment is affirmed on all claims. Even if the collective evidence established a prima facie case of race and age discrimination, the evidence was insufficient to prove the employer's actions were a pretext for discrimination. The district court properly determined Lena did make out a prima facie case of retaliation and James's retaliation claim was properly denied because he did no show his termination was pretextual.
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