VINCENT E. STAUB, Petitioner v. PROCTOR HOSPITAL, 562 U.S. 411

Summary

While employed by the employer, the employee was a member of the United States Army Reserve. The employee's immediate supervisor and the supervisor's supervisor were hostile to his military obligations. The immediate supervisor issued the employee a corrective action disciplinary warning for purportedly violating a company rule. The supervisor's supervisor accused the employee of violating the corrective action. A human resources vice president relied on this accusation and fired the employee. The Court determined that the employer was not entitled to judgment as a matter of law regarding the employee's "cat's paw" discrimination claim under the USERRA because (1) both supervisors were acting within the scope of their employment when they took the actions that allegedly caused the vice president to fire the employee, (2) there was evidence that the supervisors' actions were motivated by hostility toward his military obligations, (3) there was evidence that the supervisors' actions were...