Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 1, 2007No. 05-30712PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (“DuPont”) appeals the partial grant of summary judgment to the EEOC and its refusal to alter the judgment following a jury verdict awarding Laura Barrios back-pay, frontpay, and punitive damages for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. DuPont argues that Barrios was not disabled under the ADA, that it did not “regard her” as disabled, that she could not perform an essential function of her job, and that the awards of punitive damages and front- and backpay were…
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