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Dispute Summary - Knight v. Avon Products, Inc.
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Dispute Summary - Knight v. Avon Products, Inc. Elmer Enríquez Torres University of Phoenix LAW 529 - Legal Environment of Business Prof. José Matías Soto 10/09/2004 Workshop #1 Dispute Summary - Knight v. Avon Products, Inc. This case raised the issue whether a plaintiff in an age discrimination case under Mass. Gen. L. c. 151B must prove that she was replaced by a "substantially younger" employee or merely by a younger employee. In January 2003 decision the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, ruled that an employee must establish that she was replaced by a substantially younger employee to make a prima facie case of age discrimination. In October, 1993, Avon hired Mary Shea Knight, then 44, as a district sales manager in its Northampton District. Before being hired, the plaintiff disclosed the existence of her two stores to her direct supervisor, Helen O'Connell, the division sales manager for Avon's Patriot division (encompassing all of...
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