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The court affirmed the Administrative Review Board's dismissal of Roberts's ERA whistleblower retaliation complaint as untimely filed, finding substantial evidence that the alleged January 12, 1995 letter was never mailed to the Department of Energy.
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The trial court did not abuse its discretion in regulating the discovery process, or in excluding expert testimony that failed to take into account independent variables that could influence association between age and RIF termination rates. The assignments of error are overruled, and the trial court's judgment as based on the jury's verdict is affirmed.
Where the evidence and circumstances showed that company-wide demographic statistics were likely to prove relevant to a disparate impact claim (either to aid or damage the claim), such statistics were properly discoverable and summary judgment granted against claimants denied their discovery is reversed.
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