Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. LHC Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 11, 2014No. 13-60703PublishedCited by 422 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought an enforcement action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on behalf of Kristy Sones against her employer, Defendant-Appellant LHC Group, Inc., (LHC). Sones worked as a nurse for the home-health company until she was fired shortly after she had an epileptic seizure in May 2009. The district court granted summary judgment for LHC. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. BACKGROUND
LHC hired Kristy Sones, a registered nurse, to work as a Field Nurse in Picayune, Mississippi…
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