TRUJILLO v. ROCKLEDGE FURNITURE LLC

Nos. 18-3349 & 19-1651.

926 F.3d 395 (2019)

Humberto TRUJILLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROCKLEDGE FURNITURE LLC, doing business as Ashley Furniture Homestore, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 7, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Debra Friedman , Senior Attorney, Matthew J. Singer , Andrew S. Murphy , Attorneys, STOWELL & FRIEDMAN, LTD., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David L. Christlieb , Amanda Inskeep , Attorneys, LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Barbara L. Sloan , Attorney, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.

Before Bauer, Hamilton, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


This appeal is about business names and when an employee's error in naming his employer is or is not fatal to an employment discrimination claim. Plaintiff Humberto Trujillo worked as a manager of an Ashley Furniture HomeStore near Chicago. He was fired and then filed a charge with...

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