Griffin v. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District

De MUNIZ, j.

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District (Tri-Met) appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff damages on his claim of discrimination on account of a physical impairment in violation of ORS 659.425(1). 1 We affirm.

We recite the facts in plaintiffs favor. Or Const, Art VII (amended) § 3; Jorritsma v. Farmers’ Feed & Supply, 272 Or 499, 502, 538 P2d 61 (1975).

Tri-Met hired plaintiff as a bus driver in 1976. He became a dispatcher in 1982 and remained in that position until 1989, when his employment ended. In 1985, he was diagnosed as HIV positive. 2 Early in 1987, he informed…