Terry Logan v. Caterpillar, Inc., Rita Knapp, David Wendling, Eric Rueschhoff, and Wendy Watta F/k/a Vosberg

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• finding that a malicious prosecution claim failed where the plaintiff had not introduced admissible evidence that the dismissal of the charges against him indicated his innocence
• finding that plaintiff could not rely on a hearsay statement to avoid summary judgment
• noting that \[l]egal causation will be attributed to a private citizen [for purposes of a malicious prosecution claim] ... if the plaintiff can demonstrate that the defendant ... knowingly made false statements to the police\
• noting that “[l]egal causation will be attributed to a private citizen [for purposes of a malicious prosecution claim] . . . if the plaintiff can demonstrate that the defendant . . . knowingly made false statements to the police”
• finding proposed comparator not similarly situated where comparator only committed one of the three infractions plaintiff committed
• affirming summary judgment for the employer because the plaintiff failed to establish that he was treated more harshly than a similarly situated employee outside the protected class

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