Legal Opinion
Gary Baert v. Euclid Beverage, Limited
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 1998No. 97-1474PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Gary Baert, a truck driver who lost his job when he was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes, sued his employer under the Americans With Disabilities Act for fading to reasonably accommodate him. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant, finding that Baert was not a “qualified individual” as defined by the ADA. Although we agree that Baert was no longer qualified for his job as a truck driver due to federal and state laws which prohibited him from holding a commercial driver’s license, we reverse because he may have been a…
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