Timko v. Oakwood Custom Coating, Inc

Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court’s grant of summary disposition for defendant.1 The trial court granted defendant summary disposition of plaintiff’s age discrimination claims pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) (statute of limitations). We affirm.

On August 26, 1996, plaintiff, at age seventy-one, began tool and die work for defendant. On August 28, 1996, plaintiff signed a three-paragraph portion of defendant’s employment application labeled “Authorization and Understanding.” Among other things, the understanding provided for plaintiff’s agreement that the parties’ employment…