Rodriguez v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 17-1737 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to Walmart in an action alleging employment discrimination. The court held that plaintiff failed to file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC within 180 days of the alleged Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violation. The court also held that plaintiff's failure to file his EEOC claim within 180 days was not the result of any misconduct by Walmart. In this case, failing to respond to a settlement demand made ten days before the statutory deadline, and accompanied by a statement that the employee would file a charge with the EEOC if the matter could not be settled, was not conduct that the employer should unmistakably have understood would cause the employee to miss the filing deadline.
Court Description: Loken, Author, with Benton and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Employment discrimination. The district court did not err in granting defendant's motion for summary judgment because plaintiff failed to file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC within 180 days of the alleged ADA violation; nor did the court err in rejecting plaintiff's claim of equitable estoppel based on an argument that defendant lulled him into missing the deadline through settlement negotiations; plaintiff's failure to file the claim was not the result of any misconduct by defendant.
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.