Case summary:The company, TFCBP, hired a forty-seven-year-old person, AL, for a warehouse position who was subject to a thirty-day prohibition period. The work performance was evaluated at the end of thirty days period by TFCBP and it decided not to retain AL. The person AL filed a case against the company TFCBP, alleging them of discrimination on the basis of age and race. The company TFCBP filed a summary of judgment motion. The performance of AL was presented as evidence to the court. The motion was granted. The appeal was filed by AL.
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