Proximity of Firing to Surgery Makes Viable Claim for Ex-Cablevision Employee, Appeals Court Rules
The plaintiff alleges the company's stated reason for the firing, that she failed to notify HR of her divorce in order to remove her ex-husband from company health benefits, was a pretext.
April 26, 2019 at 02:32 PM
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A former Cablevision employee's discrimination suit can move forward because she sufficiently alleged that her firing resulted from “hostility toward [her] medical condition,” a New Jersey appeals court ruled.
The Appellate Division's ruling allows plaintiff Ada Caballero to pursue age discrimination and aiding and abetting claims, as well as a claim for punitive damages, on remand.
Caballero contends she was terminated at age 50 shortly after gallbladder surgery, and replaced by someone half her age.
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