Legal Opinion
Charles Doll v. Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 1996No. 95-1505PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The appeal by the government in this suit under section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 791, presents important questions concerning remedies in employment discrimination cases. The plaintiff, Charles Doll, who is now 60 or 61 years old, a competent and experienced electrician, was in August of 1986 employed as an electrician by a Veterans Administration (now Department of Veterans Affairs) hospital. He was afflicted with cancer of the throat and that month underwent both a laryngectomy and a tracheotomy. As a result of these operations he not only has no…
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