Legal Opinion
Ford v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 20, 2000No. 99 C 3403PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETTLEMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Doreen Ford has sued her former employer, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, a/k/a Kemper Insurance Companies (“Kemper”), and Joyce Swiatek, her former supervisor, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 (“ADA”), and the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2615 et seq. (“FMLA”). Specifically, plaintiff alleges that Kemper failed to reasonably accommodate her disability (depression) and that Kemper and Swiatek retaliated against and then terminated her for attempting to assert her…
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