Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Judith Keane, Intervening v. Sears, Roebuck & Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 2005No. 04-2222, 04-2493PublishedCited by 381 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., an employer unlawfully discriminates against a “qualified individual with a disability” when it fails to make “reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations” of the disabled employee, unless to do so would impose an “undue hardship” on the employer. §§ 12112(a), (b)(5)(A). The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed suit against defendant-appellee Sears, Roebuck & Company (“Sears”) for failing to reasonably accommodate the disability of its employee Judith…
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