Connie Thurman John Thurman v. Daimlerchrysler, Inc., James Stanford Pittman, Jointly and Severally

BELL, District Judge.

The issue before the Court is whether an employee effectively waived the statutory limitations period for a civil lawsuit by signing an employment application that provided for an abbreviated period of limitations. This action arises from the employment relationship between Plaintiff- Appellant Connie Thurman and Defendant-Appellee DaimlerChrysler, Inc. (“DaimlerChrysler”). Connie and John Thurman (collectively “the Thurmans”) assert claims of sex discrimination under Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2101, et seq., race discrimination…