UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS April 25, 2025

Christopher M. Wolpert FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court _________________________________

LARRY A. LAWSON,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. No. 23-3136

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.,

Defendant - Appellee. _________________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas (D.C. No. 6:18-CV-01100-EFM) _________________________________ Joseph T. Baio, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, New York (James C. Dugan of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, New York and F. James Robinson, Jr. of Hite, Fanning & Honeyman LLP, Wichita, Kansas, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff- Appellant. Morgan L. Ratner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, D.C. (Jeffrey B. Wall and Zoe A. Jacoby of Sullivan & Cro