CANITIA v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC.

No. 89-3119.

894 F.2d 196 (1990)

Thomas O. CANITIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. YELLOW FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce B. Elfvin (argued), Elfvin & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

James D. Kurek (argued) and Edward C. Kaminski, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Akron, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before WELLFORD and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SUHRHEINRICH, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Thomas Canitia sued his former employer, Yellow Freight System (YFS), alleging retaliatory discharge resulting from Canitia's testimony in the case of a fellow worker who successfully sued YFS for race and sex discrimination. Following discovery, the district court granted defendant YFS' motion for summary judgment and Canitia appeals.

Canitia had been a truck driver for YFS for some 13 years at the time of his termination in December...

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