Legal Opinion
Belgard v. United Airlines
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 1992No. 91CA0646PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge CRISWELL.
Plaintiffs, Jamie Belgard and Janet Squire, are employees of the defendant, United Air Lines, Inc. They instituted this action against United and sought to represent a class of individuals who were allegedly similarly situated, claiming that they were denied employment as pilots with United because they had undergone surgery that was designed to alleviate the effects of myopia. They asserted that this denial of employment constituted discrimination based on a perceived physical handicap in violation of § 24-34-402(l)(a), C.R.S. (1988 Repl.Vol. 10A). However, the trial…
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