Legal Opinion
Fredrick v. Simmons Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 15, 1998No. 97-3004PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
From August 1988 until June 19, 1995, Stephen Fredrick (“Fredrick”) worked as a pilot for defendant Simmons Airlines, Inc. (“Simmons”). Both Simmons and defendant American Airlines, Inc. are owned by defendant AMR Corporation (“AMR”). Fredrick was a critic of the safety record of the ATR aircraft that Simmons used on many of its flights. In 1993, Fredrick warned Simmons officials about the perceived safety problems *502with the ATR. Then, following the October 31, 1994 crash of an AMR-owned ATR plane in northwestern Indiana, Fredrick distributed leaflets about the ATR to…
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