Legal Opinion
Coons v. BNSF Railway Co.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided August 7, 2017No. Case No. 15-cv-4282 (WMW/TNL)PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AND DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS TO DISCOVERY RULINGS
Wilhelmina M. Wright, United States District Judge
In this lawsuit, Plaintiff Charles Coons asserts state and federal disability-discrimination claims against Defendant BNSF Railway Company. Coons alleges that BNSF Railway engaged in unlawful disability discrimination by requesting certain medical information as part of its pre-employment background screening and deciding to rescind a conditional offer of employment after Coons was unable to provide some of the requested medical…
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