Legal Opinion
Gidel Rivera-Flores v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Caribbean
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 25, 1997No. 96-1885PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Gidel Rivera-Flores worked first as a machine cleaner and later as a line operator for Squibb Manufacturing Inc. (“SMI”) in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Some two years after his employment was terminated under a severance program, Rivera, who wore a prosthetic device in place of his lower left leg, sued SMI and its insurer, Prudential Insurance Co., under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., and other federal and Puerto Rico employment statutes. The employer…
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