Legal Opinion
Corinne Cigan v. Chippewa Falls School District
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 5, 2004No. 03-4034PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
After 30 years’ service as a physical-education teacher in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Connie Cigan retired in June 2003. She contends in this suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act that retirement was forced on her by the school district’s failure to accommodate her ailments- — arthritis, bursitis, degenerating spinal discs, scoliosis, and spondylitis. Suffering from these afflictions, Cigan had begun to take more time off and come to school late; she also needed the school’s other teachers to cover her duties or adjust the length of their own class periods…
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