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Rejected!
A 69 year old male who was terminated for allegedly engaging in sexual harassment did not survive summary judgment on his age discrimination claim in this Fifth Circuit case. Plaintiff claimed he was treated differently than younger workers, presented his own affidavit denying he engaged in the alleged harassment, presented a co-worker's affidavit that she did not "perceive his alleged comments as sexual harassment," and a statement from another worker that the person who fired plaintiff had called him an “old, gray-haired fart.” The later remark occurred more than a year before the termination and was deemed a stray remark. Because the issue is whether the company's articulated reason is a pretext for discrimination, not whether it is true or not, the Court found both the co-worker's perception and the plaintiff's denial insufficient to create a material issue of fact on the issue of pretext. As to the dissimilarity of treatment of the younger workers, plaintiff had failed to argue that below in opposing summary judgment, so the court did not consider that argument.
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