Legal Opinion
Styla Carter v. Hickory Healthcare Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 27, 2018No. 17-4199PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
After Hickory Healthcare fired Styla Carter from her job as a nursing assistant, she sued the company for discrimination. The district court ruled that she had filed her lawsuit too late and could not proceed. It then sanctioned her lawyer, Edward Gilbert, because he had advanced a claim that was clearly time barred. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing sanctions, we affirm.
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Styla Carter has asthma and cannot be around cigarette smoke. When she began working for Hickory Healthcare, the nursing home took note of her medical condition and…
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