BAKER v. GULF & WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 87-5098, 87-5202.

850 F.2d 1480 (1988)

Joe Allen BAKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GULF & WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants. Joe Allen BAKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF & WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Powers, P.A., Philip Burlington, West Palm Beach, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Pucillo & Jaynes, P.A., Anthony E. Pucillo, West Palm Beach, Fla., for Gulf & Western Industries.

Roberts & Reynolds, George P. Roberts, Jr., Kenneth W. Moffet, West Palm Beach, Fla., for Risk Management Services, Inc.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


RONEY, Chief Judge:

The district court dismissed as time-barred this complaint alleging violations of 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 and two pendent state law claims. Joe Allen Baker, a doctor who had contracted to be the medical director for the defendant and to render medical services to its employees, alleged improper termination of his contract and insufficient compensation under the terms of his contract. The district court applied the two-year statute covering actions...

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