Linda L. PITTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHAEL MILLER CAR RENTAL, Defendant-Appellee

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Linda Pitts (“plaintiff”), an African-American woman, appeals the district court’s November 25, 1988, order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, her former employer, Michael Miller Car Rental, Inc. (“defendant”), in this diversity action brought pursuant to the Elliot Larsen Act (“the Act”), M.C.L.A. § 37.2101 et seq. For the following reasons, we REVERSE and REMAND.

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Defendant is an automobile rental company specializing in the rental of replacement vehicles to insurance policyholders. Six to eight months prior to plaintiff's employment with…