Eason v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division

CRAWFORD, Judge.

This case involves the applicability of the Tennessee savings statute to an action brought against a governmental entity under the Tennessee Human Rights Act. On June 24, 1986, plaintiff, Tasha Eason (hereinafter Eason), filed a complaint in the Chancery Court of Shelby County alleging that defendant, Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division of the City of Memphis (MLGW), had refused to reinstate or reemploy her because of her sex and/or race in violation of the Tennessee Human Rights Act, T.C.A. § 4-21-101 et seq., Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C., § 2000e et…