Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Cna Insurance Companies, Continental Casualty Company, and Continental Assurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 27, 1996No. 96-1304PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we are asked to decide to what extent, if at all, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., requires equality of treatment among disabilities in benefit plans. Specifically, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is attempting to bring an action on behalf of Cynthia Valla-dares-Toledo, who suffers from a long-term mental disability, to require the defendant companies to treat mental illness the same as physical illness under their long-term disability policies. Two hurdles lie between us and the…
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