Legal Opinion
Canis v. Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided May 18, 1999No. CIV. A. 98-120LPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, Chief Judge.
Linda Canis (“Canis” or “plaintiff’) supervised production lines that canned and bottled soft drinks for Coca-Cola Enterprises (“CCE” or “defendant”). She suffered from a bone spur and related maladies in one of her feet, and she left work after six months. For a while, she went on short-term disability and then on lighter duty as a guard. Eventually, she lost her job, and CCE denied her claim for long-term disability.
Canis brought this suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et. seq., (“ADA”) and the Employee Retirement Income…
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