Sumner v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

These cases come to us on the question of the application of the ninety-day period of limitation under the Fair Employment Practices Act and the three-year period of limitation under the Michigan Civil Rights Act and the Handicappers’ Civil Rights Act. They require a first-impression examination of the continuing violation theory, as developed by the federal courts in their interpretation of analogous federal antidiscrimination legislation. We adopt the continuing violation approach, concluding that an alleged timely actionable event will allow consideration of and damages for connected…