Opinion ID: 2998787
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Cynthia Hague

Text: Thompson Distribution also fired Cynthia Hague. In his deposition, Thompson explained that he fired Cynthia Hague because she was not proficient in the accounting system used by Thompson Distribution and because she spent office hours working on tasks related to wrapping up matters pertaining to the predecessor company, Mutual Pipe. Like the other plaintiffs, Cynthia Hague responds, not with evidence of pretext, but by complaining about being fired for these deficiencies. As to the accounting system, Cynthia admits she was not well versed in the program, but claims that Thompson knew that when he hired her. However, Thompson explained in his deposition that he believed Cynthia was more skilled at the accounting program than she turned out to be. Cynthia does not present any evidence to call into question Thompson’s veracity. Cynthia also admits that she worked on closing out Mutual Pipe’s books and drawing up a final financial report for Mutual Pipe, but claims that it was necessary to close down Mutual Pipe’s records before inputting data relative to Thompson Distribution. Again, this merely calls into question Thompson’s judgment—it does not constitute evidence of pretext. No. 05-1654 17