Legal Opinion
Benders v. Bellows and Bellows
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 2008No. 06-1487, 06-2716PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Evelyn Benders, alleges that she was fired in April 2004 in retaliation for fifing an age and race discrimination claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and for threatening to report a dispute about her employment status to the IRS. The defendant law firm, Bellows and Bellows, P.C. (B & B), 1 maintains that it terminated Benders’ employment in May 2003, well before she engaged in any protected activities. The twist in this case is that B & B’s decision to fire Benders was communicated to her in rather uncertain terms by the firm’s…
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