Legal Opinion

Laresca v. American Telephone & Telegraph

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided May 10, 2001No. Civ:99-5097 (WGB)PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BASSLER, District Judge.

Defendant American Telephone & Telegraph (“Defendant” or “AT & T”) moves for summary judgment under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 56. 1 Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Facts

In 1984, Plaintiff Paul D. LaResca (“Plaintiff’) began working for AT & T as a data processing clerk. Because of seizures caused by his epilepsy, Plaintiff was unable to drive to and from work. Accordingly, Plaintiff relied on family, friends, coworkers to drive him. Beginning in 1996, AT & T’s managers, aware of Plaintiffs epilepsy, accommodated…

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