Fuentes v. Lear Siegler, Inc.

Plaintiff, Everardo Fuentes, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County granting defendant, Lear Siegler, Incorporated, summary judgment. Plaintiff brought this action alleging that defendant discharged him in retaliation for pursuing a worker’s compensation claim. Plaintiff contends on appeal that defendant’s motive for discharging him constituted a genuine issue of material fact precluding summary judgment. We affirm.

Plaintiff applied to defendant for an entry level position as a slitter saw operator on July 30, 1984. According to plaintiff’s deposition, plaintiff began…