Summaries of Civil Opinions and Published Criminal Opinions Issued - Week of February 18, 2014

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Hall v. RDSL Enters. LLC d/b/a Jack in the Box, No. 02-12-00363-CV (Feb. 20, 2014) (Meier, J., joined by Gardner and Gabriel, JJ.).

Held: Appellant established the fourth prong of her prima facie case of age discrimination under McDonnell Douglas by providing more than a scintilla of probative evidence from which a factfinder might reasonably conclude that Appellee intended to discriminate against Appellant because of her age in reaching its decision to end Appellant’s employment. Because Appellee’s motion for summary judgment targeted only the fourth prong of the McDonnell Douglas prima facie case and because Appellee did not articulate some legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for its rejection of Appellant’s employment, summary judgment was improper.

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