District Court, M.D. North Carolina March 25, 2002, 1:00CV1259 (Starnes v. General Electric Co.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BEATY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter is currently before the Court on Defendant General Electric Company’s (“Defendant” or “GE”) Motion for Summary Judgment [Document # 19] as to Plaintiff Christopher T. Starnes’ (“Plaintiff’) claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001

et seq.

(“ERISA”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.