Law360, New York (February 08, 2012, 9:53 PM ET) -- The First Circuit held Tuesday that a trial court did not err in instructing a jury to account for mixed motives in a Massachusetts state law age-discrimination suit, rejecting Jiten Hotel Management Inc.'s assertion that the instruction was improper, and upholding a partial victory for an ex-employee.
In the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 ruling in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, the high court held that the mixed-motive framework didn't extend to claims under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. But as far as Massachusetts state...
Mixed-Motive Analysis OK For Mass. Age Bias Claims: 1st Circ.
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