Legal Opinion

Edith Jeanette Hill v. Clayton County School District

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided August 7, 2015No. 13-14951UnpublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Per curiam

Clayton County School District (the “School District”) hired Edith Jeanette Hill as a bus driver in 2006. When the 2009-2010 school year began, the School District reassigned Hill to a bus for special-needs students. The new bus had no air conditioner, and was ill-equipped for Atlanta’s muggy summer — all the more so with additional heat radiating from the bus’s- thrumming diesel. Hill found herself struggling to breathe, so she asked the school district for an air-conditioned bus to fix the problem.

The School District said no, then fired Hill after she did not show up to work for several…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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  5. Maynard v. Board of Regents of the Division of Universities of the Florida Department of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003

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