Lewis v. American Airlines, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Marcus Lewis appeals from the circuit court’s orders granting summary judgment to defendant American Airlines, Inc. (American), and denying his motions for leave to: (1) conduct additional discovery prior to summary judgment; (2) file a fourth amended complaint; and (3) file a jury demand. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. The factual context of this dispute appears in the pleadings or discovery documents.

Plaintiff, hired by American as a ramp service clerk in 1984, soon noticed that the doors on American’s tractors…