Opinion ID: 399361
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: discrimination in terminations

Text: 19 Plaintiffs did not present any evidence of classwide discrimination in terminations. Accordingly, the district court properly analyzed plaintiffs' individual claims of termination under the McDonnell Douglas test. There is no factual dispute surrounding the terminations of Frohlich and Rennau. Consequently, since Sky Chefs' articulated explanations rebut any inference that Frohlich and Rennau were terminated because of their sex, and since there is no evidence of pretext, summary judgment was properly granted. However, O'Brien flatly denied by controverting affidavit defendant's version of the facts surrounding the incident upon which her dismissal was based. Hence, summary judgment was inappropriate since the disputed facts go to the heart of whether her firing was pretextual. 20 Plaintiffs further argue that Frohlich's and Rennau's termination claims should survive the summary judgment motion because further discovery was necessary. Absent an abuse of discretion, however, the trial court's decision to deny a request for further discovery will not be reversed on appeal. Moore's Federal Practice P 56.24 at 56-1428 (1980). We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it determined plaintiffs had adequate time to complete discovery during the two and one-half years after the filing of the complaint.