Legal Opinion
Stephanie Beckel v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 2002No. 02-1208PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff appeals from the grant of summary judgment to her former employer, arguing only that the defendant should have been equitably estopped to plead the bar of the statute of limitations to her Title VII suit for sexual harassment. The doctrine of equitable estoppel, when invoked as a defense to the statute of limitations, requires the plaintiff to show that the defendant took steps deliberately to prevent the plaintiff from bringing a timely suit, whether by concealing the existence of the plaintiffs claim or by promising not to plead the statute of…
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