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CARIGLIA v. HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORP.

No. 02-2199.

363 F.3d 77 (2004)

John R. CARIGLIA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION and James Heard, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 5, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

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

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to explore an important question related to corporate liability in an age discrimination case: whether 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.

Here, the plaintiff, John Cariglia, brought suit against the Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation for...

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