Humberto Trujillo v. Rockledge Furniture

Hamilton, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is about business names and when an employee's error in naming his *397 employer is or is not fatal to an employment discrimination claim. Plaintiff Humberto Trujillo worked as a manager of an Ashley Furniture HomeStore near Chicago. He was fired and then filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging age discrimination and retaliation. In the charge, he listed the name of the Illinois store where he had worked-Ashley Furniture HomeStore-as well as the address and telephone number of the store. The correct legal name of Trujillo's…