Retaliation: Ninth Circuit Rules on ‘Cat’s Paw’ Liability; How to Ensure That One Supervisor’s Bias Doesn’t Taint Another’s Decisions
In an old fable, a monkey convinces an unwitting cat to scoop out chestnuts from a burning fire. As the cat gathers the chestnuts one by one—and burns its paws in the process—the monkey, unbeknownst to the cat, eagerly gobbles them down. Borrowing from this story, courts have used the term “cat’s paw” to describe […]