162648P.pdf   06/19/2017  James Aulick  v.  Skybridge Americas, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-2648
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Wollman and Melloy, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. Employer's comment that a "New 
   Face" was needed in the position plaintiff had applied for was facially 
   and contextually neutral and was not direct evidence of age 
   discrimination; assuming plaintiff has made a prima facie case of age 
   discrimination under the McDonnell Douglas analysis, the employer 
   articulated legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for its hiring 
   decision, and plaintiff failed to show these reasons were a pretext for 
   discrimination; plaintiff failed to show that defendant made an actionable 
   negligent misrepresentation concerning his hiring for the position; while 
   his supervisors encouraged him to apply and told him he had a good chance 
   at getting the position, they never told him to stop his job search and 
   never promised him the position; even if the employer made a false 
   misrepresentation, plaintiff could not justifiably rely on it as he was an 
   at-will employee and never received a job offer from any other employer.