Court Dismisses Class Claims as Untimely In Regional Sex Bias Suit Against Wal-Mart

A group of female employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. who work in three company regions in the Southeast may not pursue a sex discrimination class action under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act because they cannot satisfy the limitations period regarding their class claims, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled Sept. 23 (Love v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., S.D. Fla., 12-61959, 9/23/13).

Granting Wal-Mart’s motion to dismiss the class claims, the court said the plaintiffs, who filed their regional suit after the U.S. Supreme Court in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes ...