Legal Opinion
Balls v. AT & T CORP.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 4, 1998No. Civil Action 98-1016PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KATZ, District Judge.
Plaintiff Margaret Balls has sued her former employer, AT & T, alleging that AT & T discriminated against her in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) by removing her from its payroll after she collected short-term disability benefits for a year for her carpal tunnel syndrome. Before the court are AT & T’s motion for summary judgment and Ms. Balls’s response. For the reasons discussed below, the court will grant the motion and dismiss the case.
Relevant Facts
AT & T hired Margaret Balls on December 7, 1992 as a Communications…
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