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In 1989, Ms. Castillo, born February 22,1967, in the Dominican Republic, began working for Allegro, a company that oversees all of the marketing and promotions for several brands of all-inclusive resorts in Aruba, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico, including Occidental. Through the years, Allegro promoted Ms. Castillo several times. She had two children and took maternity leave each time, but she continued to fulfill her duties at Allegro. On May 29,2009, with management citing a reduction in force, Ms. Castillo was terminated. She was 42 years old. According to the complaint, Allegros global vice president, Luis Namnum, and its vice president of North America, Jorn Kaee, began harassing her in September 2006(when she was 39 years old) and terminated her on May 29,2009, because she is female and in her late 30s to early 40s. On September 1,2006, while Ms. Castillo was working from home on maternity leave, Mr. Namnum criticized her work and told her, Brigitte, I want a young boy in your position. He told her he would think about what to do with her. Then, on October 20,2006, Ms. Castillo returned to her Miami office from maternity leave to find a young man named Carlos in her office awaiting training. A couple of weeks later, Mr. Namnum sent Carlos to Ms. Castillo for additional training, telling her that Carlos would take over a portion of her work and stating, I know it is hard to give your job away, but you must grow even against your will.
If the company fires Ms. Castillo, are there sufficient facts here to support an ADEA claim? If so, is this a case that can be disposed by the judges summary judgment, or must a jury make credibility determinations before judgment can be rendered? [See Castillo v. Allegro Resort Marketing, Fed. Appx. ,2015 WL 1214057(11th Cir. 2015).]

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