Kay Jewelers Worker Fails to Revive Age Bias, Retaliation Case

A former Kay Jewelers district manager who says the chain demoted him after he complained about a supervisor’s purportedly ageist remarks failed to show he deserves a new shot at his claims, a federal appeals court said Thursday.

The worker didn’t put forth evidence that would allow a reasonable jury to side with him on his age discrimination and retaliation allegations, so there’s no reason to overturn a district judge’s decision granting summary judgment to Kay, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said in an unpublished opinion.

Robert Ferrara, who’s currently in his 60s, worked for ...