State High Court Reinstates Lawsuit, Ruling 'Innocent Decision Maker' Can Further Discriminatory Corporate Policy
“The Cat’s Paw theory adopted by the SJC recognizes that an employer is responsible when a biased actor influences a final decision at any point in the decisionmaker process, and that the bias can come from either the highest levels or from below,” one of the attorneys representing Adams, Ilir Kavaja of Kavaja Law, told Law.com about the SJC’s ruling.