Legal Opinion
Robert Peters v. City of Mauston
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 20, 2002No. 02-1178PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Robert Peters (“Peters”) brought an action for disability discrimination pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 against his employer, the City of Mauston, Wisconsin (“the City”), when the City terminated Peters after he suffered a work-related injury. Assuming, solely for the purpose of summary judgment, that the City regarded Peters as disabled, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the City. Specifically, the court found that Peters’ requested accommodation was unreasonable because it eliminated an essential function of his job as an…
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