Legal Opinion
Victoria Rizzo v. Children's World Learning Centers, Incorporated, Doing Business as Cwlc, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1999No. 97-50367PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Children’s World Learning Center (CWLC) is a school and daycare-provider for young children. Victoria Rizzo is a hearing-impaired woman who, until the circumstances of this lawsuit arose, was an employee of CWLC. In 1993, Ms. Rizzo left CWLC after a substantial change in her employment duties, and shortly thereafter filed a discrimination claim against CWLC under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. Rizzo asserted that she had been demoted solely because of her hearing impairment. CWLC filed a motion for summary judgment that the district…
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