Legal Opinion
Stella A. Dush v. Appleton Electric Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 28, 1997No. 96-3289PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Stella A. Dush filed this lawsuit against her former employer, appellee Appleton Electric Company (“Appleton”), claiming that Appleton fired 1 her in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213 (1994 & Supp. 1 1995). On motion for summary judgment, the district court 2 ruled that Dush’s characterization of herself as “totally disabled” in a previous workers’ compensation proceeding estopped her from introducing evidence in this action that she was, for purposes of the ADA, a “qualified individual with a…
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