Legal Opinion
Brown v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 28, 2016No. 15-1114PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
During his lengthy tenure at the City of Anderson Transit System (CATS), Plaintiff Jack Brown developed diabetes and became unable to maintain his commercial driver’s license (CDL). For nearly a decade, this development proved irrelevant— at least from an employment standpoint. However, several years after being promoted to a position that required a CDL, Brown was fired. He sued the City of Anderson and others, alleging that his termination amounted to disability discrimination since possession of a CDL was not an essential function of his job. After the City…
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