Yassan v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., No. 12-2313 (7th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseYassan sued his former employer, Chase, approximately nineteen months after the termination of his employment, claiming that Chase had terminated him in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. 621, and public policy and that Chase had committed fraud by inducing him to sign a severance agreement through “explicit and false representation[s].” Before Chase’s deadline to answer the complaint, Yassan’s counsel failed to appear at a status hearing and the state court judge dismissed for want of prosecution. Unaware of this dismissal, Chase filed a notice to remove the case to federal district court. The district court concluded that the removal after dismissal constituted a procedural defect that had been waived by Yassan’s failure to object within 30 days, then granted Chase’s motion to dismiss. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, holding that removal of the case to federal court was properly accomplished and noting that Yassan received valuable consideration for a release he signed when his employment was terminated.
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