SMITH v. UNION PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 10 C 03129.

805 F.Supp.2d 528 (2011)

L.R. SMITH and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Plaintiffs, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

April 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Howard Geoghegan , Michael Paul Persoon , Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Donald J. Munro , Jones Day , Washington, DC, Mariette Farag , Jones Day , Chicago, IL, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

EDMOND E. CHANG, District Judge.

Plaintiff L.R. Smith was a locomotive engineer for Defendant Union Pacific Railroad. After Smith failed a random alcohol test while on the job, he and the railroad entered into a `last chance' agreement providing for, among other things, Smith's entry into an alcohol treatment program. But the program counselor reported that Smith did not comply with the program, and Union Pacific fired him. To...

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