Wayne Distributing Co. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case came before us on the petition for certiorari of the plaintiff, Wayne Distributing Co. (Wayne). The Superior Court upheld the decision of the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights (the commission), which found that defendant, Dennis W. Santos (Santos), had a handicap as defined in G.L.1956 § 28-5-6(7), as amended by P.L. 1988, eh. 310, § 1, and that Santos’s employment with Wayne was terminated because of his handicap in violation of § 28-5-7, as amended by P.L.1988, ch. 310, § 2. We quash the Superior Court’s decision.

The facts of this case are as follows.…