Carl Kale v. Combined Insurance Company of America, Carl Kale v. Combined Insurance Company of America

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• holding that \an initial case for equitable tolling has been made\ if \the employee has no knowledge of his rights and his ignorance is due to misleading conduct by the defendant\
• finding that there may be a valid claim for equitable tolling when an employer breaches its legal obligation to provide notice crucial to an employee’s timely filing of a suit
• stating that a plaintiff must produce “[e]vidence of either the employer’s improper purpose or [the employer’s] constructive knowledge of the deceptive nature of [its] conduct”
• acknowledging, in an age discrimination suit, that imposing Rule 11 sanctions runs the risk of chilling meritorious litigation
• noting that the administrative charge-filing requirement is mandatory, though not jurisdictional
• noting that the charge-filing requirement is mandatory, though not jurisdictional

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