Legal Opinion
Jon Higgins v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2019No. 18-1902PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Jon Higgins has chronic back pain. He asked his employer, Union Pacific Railroad ("Union Pacific"), to accommodate his back pain by allowing him to take time off "as necessary" and receive "24 hours of rest per shift (between shifts)." Union Pacific denied his request. Higgins then sued Union Pacific for, among other things, disparate treatment and failure to accommodate under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). The district court 1 granted summary judgment in favor of Union Pacific. We affirm.
*667 I. Background
Higgins began working for Union Pacific in 1976 as a…
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