Case: Discrimination/Age Discrimination (W.D. Wash.)

Kitsap County is entitled to summary judgment on an age-protected former patrol deputy sheriff‘s claim of discrimination after he was allegedly passed over for a civil deputy sheriff position in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, a Washington federal court ruled. He didn’t suffer an adverse employment action because he failed to offer enough evidence that he suffered economic harm by his non-selection, and the destruction of notes by officers who interviewed him nor the EEOC determination letter didn’t raise an issue of fact, the court said. Further, because the officers believed the interview was informal with no ...