Court Opinion

ID: 9691392
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 20:28:48.929838+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:18.201075
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SACKETT, Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent.
The majority has determined as do I that the undisputed evidence is the employer was faced with a decline in patient census and revenue from 1982 to 1983. There is no question that a widespread staff reduction was necessary. I find there is undisputed evidence the employer had a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for the discharge. Because of this showing, the presumption of discrimination drops from the case. Trobaugh v. Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc., 392 N.W.2d 154, 156 (Iowa 1986). Plaintiff must show the employer’s proffered justification for the action was pre-*182textual. She may carry this burden by persuading the court that a discriminatory reason more likely motivated the employer or indirectly by showing that the employer’s proffered explanation is unworthy of credence. Id. at 157.
There is not substantial evidence in this record that plaintiff met this burden. I would reverse.