SUMNER v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.

Docket Nos. 74523, 75109, 75168, (Calendar Nos. 3-5).

427 Mich. 505 (1986)

398 N.W.2d 368

SUMNER v. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY KNIGHT v. BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN ROBSON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Touma, Watson, Nicholson, Whaling, Fletcher & DeGrow, P.C. (by Dan L. DeGrow and Janet M. Castello), for plaintiff Sumner.

Ronald Reosti & Associates, P.C. (by Ronald Reosti), and Mark Granzotto for plaintiff Knight.

Stark & Gordon (by Deborah L. Gordon) and Mark Granzotto for plaintiff Robson.

Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman (by Joseph A. Fink and Brian J. Renaud) for defendant The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

Karen Smith Kienbaum and Kristine J. Galien for defendant Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Michigan.

Mark R. Flora (Clark, Hardy, Lewis, Pollard & Page, P.C., by Terence V. Page and Neil H. Goodman, of counsel) for defendant General Motors Corporation.


Decided December 30, 1986. Rehearing denied in Sumner, 428 Mich. 1206.

BRICKLEY, J.

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...

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