Eva SUAREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LITTLE HAVANA ACTIVITIES and Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc., Defendants-Appellees

The sole issue in this case is whether appellant’s Title VII complaint was timely filed. Finding that the complaint was timely filed, we reverse.

Eva Suarez was employed by the Little Havana Community Center as a social services coordinator. Rafel Valleverde is the executive director of Little Havana Activities (Little Havana) and Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Incorporated. In September, 1979, Valleverde terminated Suarez. Although Valleverde cited lack of funding as the reason for Suarez’s termination, Suarez contends that she was fired because she resisted Valleverde’s sexual advances.

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