Legal Opinion
Cathy A. Fiscus v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. D/B/A Sam's Wholesale Club 6678
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 5, 2004No. 03-2513PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CHERTOFF, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Cathy A. Fiscus, who was an employee at appellee Wal-Mart, suffered from end-stage renal disease from 1998 until she received a kidney transplant in September 1999. End-stage renal disease means near-total kidney failure. From 1998 until September 1999, therefore, Fis-cus was required to undergo time-consuming and uncomfortable dialysis treatments to cleanse and eliminate waste from her blood.
Fiscus sought a reasonable accommodation from her employer during the period of her dialysis. Wal-Mart declined. As a consequence, she was placed on…
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