Case: Discrimination/Hiring (D. Me.)

A Maine federal district court denied Corning Incorporated’s motion for summary judgment on an age discrimination claim under the Maine Human Rights Act brought by a 62-year-old temporary worker in the molding department who was denied conversion to regular employment, finding sufficient evidence to create genuine issues of material fact regarding whether the employer’s stated justification of poor performance evaluations was pretextual, including inconsistencies in the decision-making process and the subsequent hiring of younger temporary workers for the same position.

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