Legal Opinion
Thomas Larimer v. International Business MacHines Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 3, 2004No. 03-2256PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Larimer, a salesman for IBM, was fired and brings suit against the company under both ERISA and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendant.
Larimer was hired in August of 2000, and in May of the following year his wife, who was also an employee of IBM, gave birth to twin daughters after only 29 weeks of pregnancy. At birth the two girls suffered from a variety of serious medical conditions owing to their prematurity, including respiratory distress, jaundice, apnea, and sepsis. One of the girls also had…
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