Gleason v. Metropolitan Council Transit Operations

OPINION

TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.

Respondent Melissa Gleason is physically disabled. She suffers from a form of muscular dystrophy known as muscular atrophy, and is confined to a wheelchair. Gleason sued the Metropolitan Council Transit Operations (“MCTO”), the bus driver and a supervisor alleging disability discrimination and various torts arising from an incident when she boarded a bus on December 2, 1995. The defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the basis of statutory immunity and official immunity was denied by the district court. The court of appeals held that Gleason’s tort claims were…