Annette MacDonald v. Swedish Health Services

91 F.3d 153 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Annette MacDONALD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-35272. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 8, 1996. Decided July 1, 1996. 1 Before: HALL, TROTT, Circuit Judges, and RAFEEDIE, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 The plaintiff-appellant, Annette MacDonald, brought suit against her former employer, Swedish Health Services ("SHS"), claiming that SHS discriminated against her on the basis of her age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), and the Washington Law Against Discrimination, Wash.Rev.Code § 49.60. SHS terminated MacDonald during a overall reorganization that resulted in layoffs of 150 employees, and in which MacDonald's position was eliminated. 4 The district court granted SHS's motion for summary judgment, holding that "no rational trier of fact could, when considering all of the evidence…