District Court, W.D. New York December 19, 2012, No. 10-CV-6508 CJS (McNamee v. Starbucks Coffee Co.)

DECISION AND ORDER

CHARLES J. SIRAGUSA, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This is an action in which Sharon McNamee (“Plaintiff’) alleges that her former employer, Starbucks Coffee Company (“Defendant”), discriminated against her, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.