Spicer v. Beaman Bottling Co.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the plaintiffs action under the Tennessee Human Rights Act was timely filed within the one-year statute of limitations. The trial court held that a hostile environment existed which did not end until plaintiffs termination, and that therefore her claim of sexual harassment was not barred. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that no act of sexual harassment occurred within the one-year period, and that the alleged retaliatory actions did not extend the statute under the continuing violation exception to the statute…