Legal Opinion
Maxcene Mays v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 5, 2002No. 01-4227PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, the Veterans Administration, in a suit under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq., the counterpart for federal agency defendants to the employment provisions of the subsequently enacted Americans with Disabilities Act. The plaintiff, a nurse at a VA hospital, injured her back helping to lift a 400-pound patient. After some weeks off work she returned to duty as a light-duty nurse, a temporary position (rather than a regular part of the hospital’s table of organization) requiring…
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