United States Sixth Circuit

In an employment discrimination suit, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed were plaintiff-employee effectively waived the statutory limitations period for a civil lawsuit by signing an employment application that provided for an abbreviated period of limitations.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/27/2004
• Decided 01/20/2005
• Published 01/20/2005

Judges

• BELL, District Judge., Before MARTIN, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges;  BELL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  H. Wallace Parker, Bloomfield Law Center, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Appellants. Joseph J. Vogan, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, MI, William McCandless, DeNardis, McCandless & Miller, Mt. Clemens, MI, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  H. Wallace Parker, Bloomfield Law Center, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Appellants.  Joseph J. Vogan, Jennifer J. Stocker, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, MI, William McCandless, Denardis, McCandless & Miller, Mt. Clemens, MI, for Appellees.