Cameron v. J. C. Lawrence Leather Co.

Plaintiff Cameron was discharged as an employee of defendant J. C. Lawrence Leather Company upon the basis of medical findings that a congenital anomaly in his back predisposed him to accidental injury while performing the duties regularly assigned to him. He thereupon instituted this suit to recover for breach of a collective bargaining' agreement between defendant and the International Fur and Leather Workers Union of which plaintiff is a member.

The Circuit Judge, sitting without a jury, dismissed the suit and plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff at the time of his discharge was 26 years of age…