Do Different Remedies, Time Limits Apply To Claims Under Different Sections of Anti-Discrimination Law?
Robert Meyer v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Case no. 2008-0315 1st District Court of Appeals (Hamilton County) ISSUE: When a lawsuit seeking recovery under a general provision of Ohio’s anti-discrimination statute, R.C. 4112.99, alleges age-based employment discrimination, is that suit subject to filing deadlines and limitations on recovery that are set forth in two other sections of the same statute, R.C. 4112.02 and 4112.14, that specifically address and establish causes of action for age-based discrimination? BACKGROUND: This case involves a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a Cincinnati truck driver, Robert Meyer, against his former employer, United Parcel Service (UPS). After an arbitrator rejected Meyer’s claim that he had been discharged without just cause, Meyer filed suit in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in May 2004. He initially asserted a wrongful discharge claim against UPS only under R.C. 4123.90, a law that prohibits the firing of a worker in retaliation
