Case Summary

0069 DEPUBLISHED In employment discrimination claim, if defendant shows legitimate reason for employment action, summary judgment for defendant should be granted unless plaintiff can raise triable issue of whether reason given by defendant was a pretext for discrimination.

CUMMINGS v BENCO (Aging Janitor) 10 CA4 745 [See: GovC 12941; 42 USC 2000e; McDonnell Douglas v Green 411 US 792; Price Waterhouse v Hopkins 490 US 228]