American Airlines Workers Can’t Revive Uniform Toxicity Claims

American Airlines Inc. workers can’t use circumstantial evidence to show that their uniforms were defective, a federal appeals court said Tuesday in affirming judgment for the clothing maker.

Their attempt to use an Illinois law doctrine that allows plaintiffs to make a prima facie defect showing when a product fails to perform its intended function was misplaced, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit said.

Soon after American adopted a new line of uniforms made by Twin Hill Acquisition Inc., employees began complaining that the clothing was itchy and giving them scratchy eyes and throats as well as ...