Legal Opinion
Cardona v. United Parcel Service
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided January 13, 2000No. 98-1992 (HL)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAFFITTE, Chief Judge.
Before the Court is a motion for summary judgment by Defendant United Parcel Service (“UPS”). Plaintiffs are Jorge Román Cardona (“Román”), his wife Wanda Ramos Collazo, and their conjugal partnership. 1 Román is a former UPS employee. He claims that UPS terminated him because he has a disability and because he requested a reasonable accommodation! He brings a claim for monetary relief pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). 2 He also brings claims under Puerto Rico’s Law 44, the local statute prohibiting disability-based discrimination.…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
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