Eleventh Circuit Sets Standard for Cat's Paw Liability in ADEA Cases | Practical Law
In Sims v. MVM, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit considered the standard for proving violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) under a cat's paw theory of liability. The Eleventh Circuit held that the proximate causation standard articulated in Staub v. Proctor Hospital, a case alleging violations under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), does not apply in ADEA cases.