Legal Opinion
Kevin W. Tobin v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 23, 2005No. 04-2391PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Kevin W. Tobin appeals the award of summary judgment to his former employer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (“Liberty Mutual”), on his state and federal claims of disability discrimination and failure to accommodate, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq. (2000), and the Massachusetts anti-discrimination statute, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B (“Chapter 151B”). Because we believe that summary judgment was improperly granted on Tobin’s “failure to accommodate” claim, we vacate the district court’s judgment on…
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