Atchison v. Sears

MEMORANDUM

ROBERT F. KELLY, Senior District Judge.

Presently before the Court are the Motions for Summary Judgment filed by Defendants Sears, Sears Holding Corporation, Sears Holdings, Sears, Roebuck and Co., and Sears Home Improvement (collectively “Defendants” or “Sears”). For the following reasons, Sears’s Motions will be granted. 1

I. BACKGROUND

A. Introduction

Gerard Atchison, Sr. (“Atchison” or “Plaintiff’) is a former employee of Sears. In September 2007, while he was employed at Sears, Atchison was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. As a result, in or around November 8, 2007, he applied…