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KNIGHT v. AVON PRODUCTS, INC

438 Mass. 413 (2003)

MARY SHEA KNIGHT v. AVON PRODUCTS, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

January 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius J. Moriarty, II (Charles K. Stephenson with him) for the plaintiff.

James F. Kavanaugh, Jr. (Stephen S. Churchill with him) for the defendant.

Christine Hughes, for New England Legal Foundation & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Steven S. Locke, for Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

We granted an application for direct appellate review filed by the defendant, Avon Products, Inc. (Avon), to decide whether a plaintiff in an indirect evidence case of age discrimination may satisfy the elements of her prima facie case in the absence of a showing that she was replaced by a substantially younger person. A jury in the Superior Court determined that the plaintiff's termination from her position as a district sales manager for Avon violated...

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