United States Seventh Circuit
Gacek v. Am. Airlines, Inc., 09-3131
In a former baggage handler's suit against an airline for retaliatory discharge in violation of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act, district court's grant of summary judgment for the airline is affirmed as no reasonable jury could find that the airline had fired plaintiff because its claims administrator had opened a file on an injury rather than because it believed that he had lied about having the flu and had disobeyed the doctor's orders to wear a splint on an injured finger and not lift anything with that hand.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/09/2010
- Decided 07/15/2010
- Published 07/15/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit