In a Title VII action alleging that Defendant improperly terminated Plaintiff while she was on medical leave, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed in part, where Plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence of the intent necessary for religious discrimination; but reversed in part, where there were many reasons to question Defendants’ evidence regarding the alleged grounds for Plaintiff’s termination.

Read DeFreitas v. Horizon Inv. Mgmt. Corp., No. 08-1344

Appellate Information

Filed August 14, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Hartz

Counsel

For Appellant:

Bruce M. Franson, Robert H. Wilde, Attorney at Law, P.C., Midvale, UT

For Appellees:

Lisa Marcy McGarry, Hobbs & Olson, L.C., Salt Lake City, UT

Lincoln W. Hobbs, Hobbs & Olson, L.C., Salt Lake City, UT

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