Opinion ID: 809864
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Ageist Remarks and Acevedo's Termination

Text: Acevedo alleges that on two occasions, in August and December of 2006, Ceinos commented to him that the main problem at the [Ex-Lax] plant[] were the persons who had been in the company for a long time, because those persons were not performing. -10- Acevedo testified that Ceinos said this in the context of their conversation about the problems that had existed during the year and Ceinos's evaluation of his performance. On February 23, 2007, Acevedo was terminated from his employment at Ex-Lax, without prior notice and effective immediately.3 Acevedo testified that, at the time of his discharge, the reasons Ceinos gave for his termination were the fogging incident, the purified water (or TOC) incident, and the disorganization of the rooms -- in other words, the 2006 incidents. Ceinos testified that, although he never explicitly warned Acevedo that these incidents could lead to his termination, he had related to Acevedo that too many incidents had occurred with his department, that [they] were still having problems [because] the department would not comply with the procedures, and that the maintenance and engineering personnel apparently[] were not well trained.