Legal Opinion
Phillips v. DAP, INC.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided May 7, 1998No. 1:96-cv-02452PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SHOOB, Senior District Judge.
This action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., and state law is before the Court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment and plaintiffs’ cross-motion for partial summary judgment. For the following reasons, the Court denies plaintiffs’ motion and grants defendant’s motion.
Background
Plaintiff Joseph Phillips is mildly mentally retarded. Phillips’s former employer, defendant DAP, Inc. (DAP), manufactures adhesives, sealants, and related building products at a facility in Conyers, Georgia, where Phillips began working…
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- Wsb-Tv, Mark C. Winne and Richard Nelson v. Earl LeeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- James E. Matthews v. Commonwealth Edison CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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