Source: cases/29usc623/f3d-931-786-heisler-v-nationwide.case
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Accordingly, we affirm the district court's judgment that Heisler failed to meet her burden of production to show pretext.
casedsl 1 case /f3d/931/0786-01 name Heisler v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. cite 931 F.3d 786 (2019) court United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit date 2019-07-30 url catalog/cases/f3d/volume_931/0786_01/index.html source ir/caselaw/f3d_931.jsonl sha1=a4127e7ad14fdd29e7fb61d96c4040a1a9ab4345 chars=31038 law 29usc623 role applied posture appeal from summary judgment for employer result claimant-lost element age-causation : not-satisfied [no-evidence] scope merits variant pretext/inadequate-qualification-comparison fact @29089..29230 [cuts-against] | But there is evidence of awkward interviews and some unsavvy conduct, which is at least an arguable basis for Nationwide's purported motives. fact @29231..29379 [cuts-against absent] | She needed to use the qualifications comparison evidence to prove pretext, and she did not introduce enough evidence to meet her burden in that way. held @29380..29502 | Accordingly, we affirm the district court's judgment that Heisler failed to meet her burden of production to show pretext. gloss The court applies the ADEA but-for requirement and finds insufficient pretext evidence. This annotation is the ADEA component; Title VII/state-law components are not treated as identical legal standards. misfit The opinion addresses sex, age, state-law and retaliation theories together. This selected block preserves the ADEA evidentiary failure without importing Title VII mixed-motive reasoning.