Legal Opinion
Smeigh v. Johns Manville, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 2011No. 10-3388PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Aaron Smeigh brings this diversity suit against his former employer, Johns Man-ville (JM), for retaliatory discharge and civil conversion under Indiana law. He alleges that JM wrongfully terminated his employment for filing a workers’ compensation claim and unlawfully retained his personal property after his termination. JM moved for summary judgment on Smeigh’s claims and the district court granted the motion. Smeigh appeals.
We affirm. Smeigh has not presented sufficient evidence upon which a reasonable jury could conclude that he was fired in retaliation for filing…
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