In an employment termination action, district grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff and the arbitrator’s award for plaintiff is affirmed where the arbitrator provided exactly what the parties bargained for, and interpreted what he perceived to be ambiguity within the Last Chance Agreement to address a situation that he concluded the contract did not contemplate by its express terms. 

Read United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1546 v. Illinois-American Water Co., No. 08-3144

Appellate InformationAppeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.Argued February 17, 2009 Decided June 26, 2009

JudgesBefore POSNER, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.Opinion by KANNE, Circuit Judge.

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