Legal Opinion
Dennis W. Schoonover v. Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware and Local 24, Freight Drivers, Dockworkers and Helpers
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1995No. 93-4147PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Schoonover appeals a judgment as a matter of law in favor of Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware and Local 24, Freight Drivers, Dockworkers and Helpers. The district court granted the judgment at the close of Schoonover’s case because it believed that Schoonover had failed to file his complaint within the required statute of limitations. For the reasons set out below, we reverse.
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Consolidated Freightways fired Schoon-over on October 29, 1987 for intentionally abusing company property by allegedly breaking a brake pedal on one of Consolidated’s trucks.…
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