Legal Opinion
Soledad v. United States Department of Treasury
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 2002No. 00-51300PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:
Jose Soledad appeals the grant of judgment as a matter of law in favor of the United States Department of Treasury on his Rehabilitation Act disability discrimination claim and hostile work environment claim. The district court set aside a jury verdict in favor of Soledad after it found that it improperly instructed the jury that the. Treasury Department was liable if it discriminated “because of’ Soledad’s disability, rather than “solely because of’ the disability. The “because of’ form of the jury instruction was proper under the Americans with Disabilities Act,…
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