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Supreme Court Applies “Cat’s Paw” Rule: Employer is Liable In Case Where Supervisor Discriminated, Even Though Decision-Maker May Have Acted Without Bias

Posted by Bo Links - April 11, 2011


The “Cat’s Paw” rule is an important component of employment discrimination litigation.  Under that theory, if a supervisor actively discriminates against an employee, but convinces a decision maker “up the line” to terminate the employee for non-discriminatory reasons, there may still be liability on the employer’s part, even though the actual decision maker acted without an improper moti


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Staub v. Proctor Hosp (Cat's Paw theory).pdf

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