United States First Circuit

Under Mass. Gen. Laws chapter 151B, a corporation can be held liable for discrimination when neutral decisionmakers, free of any age-based animus, rely on information that is manipulated by another employee who harbors age-based discriminatory animus. Judgment for defendants is vacated and remanded.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2004
• Published 04/05/2004

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, SILER, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Herbert L. Holtz, with whom Thomas P. Smith, Caffrey & Smith, P.C., were on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barry A. Guryan, with whom Christopher Novello, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., were on brief for appellees.