Foutty v. Equifax Services, Inc.
Decision Date | 07 May 1991 |
Docket Number | Civ. A. No. 90-2168-0. |
Citation | 764 F. Supp. 621 |
Parties | Jo Ann FOUTTY, Plaintiff, v. EQUIFAX SERVICES, INC., A DIVISION OF EQUIFAX, INC., Defendant. |
Court | U.S. District Court — District of Kansas |
Richard T. Merker, Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Overland Park, Kan., for plaintiff.
Lori R. Schultz-Biggins, A. Bradley Bodamer, Morrison, Hecker, Curtis, Kuder & Parrish, Overland Park, Kan., for defendant.
This matter is before the court on plaintiff's motion to alter or amend judgment and/or to reconsider the court's order of April 4, 1991, pursuant to Rule 59(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff filed this action pursuant to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq. (Count I) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. (Count II), alleging discrimination on the basis of age and sex in her employment with the defendant Equifax Services, Inc. (Equifax). Foutty also alleged a common law cause of action for breach of an implied contract of employment (Count III). On April 4, 1991, this court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment on the basis that plaintiff failed to file a timely charge of discrimination with the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights (KCCR) or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).1 762 F.Supp. 295. For the following reasons, the court grants plaintiff's motion to reconsider.2
It is the general rule that a motion to reconsider is the opportunity for the court to correct manifest errors of law or fact and to review newly discovered evidence. Harsco Corp. v. Zlotnicki, 779 F.2d 906, 909 (3d Cir.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1171, 106 S.Ct. 2895, 90 L.Ed.2d 982 (1986). Appropriate circumstances for a motion to reconsider are where the court has obviously misapprehended a party's position, the facts or the law, or mistakenly has decided issues outside of those the parties presented for determination. See Refrigeration Sales Co. v. Mitchell-Jackson, Inc., 605 F.Supp. 6, 7 (N.D.Ill.1983), aff'd, 770 F.2d 98 (7th Cir.1985).
Foutty v. Equifax Services, Inc., 762 F.Supp. 295, 298 (D.Kan.1991).
At the time the court made this ruling, however, the court was unaware that, shortly after negotiations broke down on December 7, 1989, plaintiff in fact attempted to file her complaint with the EEOC. Foutty has now presented the court with affidavits and exhibits...
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