Opinion ID: 4105730
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Text: InterCall, an international communications provider, hired Caserta as Vice President of Sales in December 2011 at age 61. He was terminated in May 2013 at the age of 63. InterCall’s bases for terminating Caserta were his significantly low 2012 sales numbers, the restructuring of its pharmaceutical sales team, and its decision to eliminate his position in order to create budgetary space for the hiring of a desirable candidate to fill the company’s Vice President of Product Management position. Caserta sued for age discrimination under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”), N.J. Stat. Ann. § 10:5-12, alleging that InterCall terminated him because of his age and replaced him with a younger person. The District Court granted InterCall’s motion for summary judgment, reasoning that Caserta failed to show that any of the business reasons for his termination were merely pretext based on his age. He appeals.