Legal Opinion
Donald E. EARLY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BANKERS LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 25, 1992No. 91-1842PublishedCited by 338 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Bankers Life and Casualty Company discharged Donald Early on October 31, 1988. To sue Bankers Life under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Early had to file a “charge” with the EEOC within 300 days, 29 U.S.C. § 626(d)(2), and the suit itself within 2 years, § 626(e)(1). He made the 2-year deadline all right, but did he make the 300-day administrative deadline? The first complaint he filed in this suit states equivocally in its first paragraph that the plaintiff “has attempted to and believes that he has filed timely charges of discrimination” with the EEOC, while…
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