Legal Opinion
Antonio Chiari v. City of League City
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1991No. 89-6310PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative nerve disorder, characterized by tremors and muscle rigidity. It currently affects over one million Americans, one of whom is Antonio Chiari. Chiari asks us to make an unpleasant decision: whether the physical debilitation caused by his disease has discomfited his efforts to overcome the physical demands of his job. We find that it has. Therefore, because Chiari is no longer qualified to be a construction inspector, the City of League City, Texas, did not discriminate against him under federal or Texas law by firing him, and we…
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