LIGHTFOOT v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

Nos. 1710, 1881, Dockets 95-9206(L), 95-9258(XAP).

110 F.3d 898 (1997)

Richard Hall LIGHTFOOT, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. UNION CARBIDE CORP., A.W. Lutz, President, Industrial Chemicals Division, W.E. Shackelford, Vice President, Industrial Chemicals Division, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Wisehart, New York City (Wisehart & Koch, New York City, of counsel) for Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Joel E. Cohen, New York City (Julie Y. Chen, Nancy I. Solomon, McDermott, Will & Emery, New York City, of counsel) for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: KEARSE and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff appeals from an order entered May 12, 1994 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Patterson, J.) granting summary judgment to defendants, dismissing all but one of plaintiff's claims. Defendants cross-appeal, attacking the verdict as against the weight of the evidence and the entire trial as fundamentally unfair.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Richard Lightfoot was hired by defendant...

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