Legal Opinion
Gerald Caldwell v. KHOU-TV
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2017No. 16-20408PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:
After being fired, Gerald Caldwell sued his employers, KHOU-TV and Gannett Company, Inc. (collectively, “the Defendants”), for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Defendants and Caldwell appealed. Because- we find that Caldwell raised a genuine issue of fact over whether the Defendants’ reasons for firing him were pretextual, we REVERSE and REMAND.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Gerald Caldwell originally began working as a video editor at KHOU-TV…
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