No. 21-1315
Deborah Lingenfelter v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado
Response Waived
Tags: business-judgment-rule employer-liability employment-discrimination employment-law fmla fmla-retaliation retaliation summary-judgment tenth-circuit truthfulness
Latest Conference:
2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
In an employment case, where the plaintiff disputes the truthfulness of the employer's asserted reason for termination, may a court immunize that reason from an examination of its truthfulness by characterizing it as a "business judgment"?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the court may immunize an employer's asserted reason for termination from examination of its truthfulness by characterizing it as a 'business judgment'
Docket Entries
2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-19
Waiver of right of respondent Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado to respond filed.
2022-03-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 2, 2022)
Attorneys
Deborah Lingenfelter
Robert M. Liechty — Cross & Liechty, P.C., Petitioner
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado
Mark B. Wiletsky — Holland & Hart LLP, Respondent