PARKER v. ERIE-LACKAWANNA SYSTEM

No. 16503.

393 F.2d 229 (1968)

William K. PARKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ERIE-LACKAWANNA SYSTEM, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. VerWiebe, Fort Wayne, Ind., for appellant.

Russel J. Wildman, Peru, Ind., for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action, governed by Indiana law, plaintiff sued the Erie-Lackawanna System for $264,000, claiming that the railroad had wrongfully discharged him as an engineer.

In March 1964, plaintiff was serving as an engineer on defendant railroad. He was then 43 years of age and was earning between $11,000 and $12,000 a year, with 22 years of seniority. His employment was regulated by a collective bargaining agreement between...

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