Legal Opinion
Melvin Burns v. Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. Knoxville Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2000No. 98-6535PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Melvin Burns is a former employee of defendants Coca-Cola Enterprises and Knoxville Coca-Cola Bottling Company (KCC or the Company) who was constructively discharged from his position as a product deliverer after he suffered a serious on-the-job back injury in the summer of 1996. In October 1997, Burns sued KCC in the district court, alleging that the Company’s failure reasonably to accommodate his disability by providing him with a light duty job after he suffered his back injury, and its decision subsequently to terminate him, violated his rights under…
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