Employers’ Cat’s Paw Liability: Watch-Out for the Monkey Business of Supervisors

Check out this News Alert from our partner Haynes and Boone, LLP:

In a recent decision, Staub v. Proctor Hospital, a unanimous United States Supreme Court finally addressed the application of the “cat’s paw” theory of liability to employment discrimination claims, holding that an employer can be liable for an employment action motivated by a non-decisionmaker’s discriminatory animus.

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