Pandil v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

JOHNSON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Junior F. Pandil, appeals from trial court’s ruling sustaining defendant, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad’s, motion for summary judgment. He contends that trial court erred 1) in determining that it was without jurisdiction to hear this case and 2) in concluding that, notwithstanding lack of jurisdiction, plaintiff failed to bring his appeal within the time limitation provided by the union’s and employer’s collective bargaining agreement. We affirm.

Plaintiff was employed by defendant railroad until March 22, 1975, when he was forced to assume “furlough status” because…