Legal Opinion
Lester Schmidt v. Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 1996No. 95-2773PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Lester Schmidt worked as a nurse at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. Schmidt filed suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101, et seq., claiming that the hospital failed to make a reasonable accommodation for his hearing disability by refusing to transfer him to a different nursing unit. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the hospital, and we affirm.
Background
Schmidt, who is severely hard of hearing, is a registered clinical nurse. When he applied for a nursing position at Methodist in August 1992, the…
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