Legal Opinion
Whitaker v. Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 2017No. 16-1807PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Joyce Whitaker worked for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The Department fired Whitaker when she did not return to work after exhausting her unpaid statutory and contractual medical leave. Whitaker sued, claiming that the Department failed to accommodate her disability and terminated her employment in violation of the Rehabilitation Act. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Department on several grounds. We agree with the district court that Whitaker failed to establish that she was an “otherwise qualified” employee, as…
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