Legal Opinion
Gleason v. Metropolitan Council Transit Operations
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided August 5, 1997No. C2-96-2475PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
■LANSING, Presiding Judge.
In a case involving alleged disability discrimination, the Metropolitan Council Transit Operations appeals the denial of its motion for summary judgment based on official and statutory immunity. We affirm the denial of official immunity and affirm in part and reverse in part the denial of statutory immunity.
*314FACTS
Melissa Gleason is disabled and confined to a wheel chair. She uses a three-wheeled, motorized wheelchair instead of the conventional four-wheeled wheelchair with two large wheels in the rear and two small wheels in the front. Before the incidents…
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- Elwood v. County of RiceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
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