Legal Opinion
Wright v. Illinois Department of Children & Family Services
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2015No. 13-1552, 13-1553PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Margaret Wright retired from her position as a caseworker at the Peoria Field Office of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (“the Department”) after the Department ordered her to undergo a fitness-for-duty evaluation. Ms. Wright then filed this action alleging, among other claims, that the Department had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12112(d)(4)(A), by ordering her to undergo the evaluation and by causing her subsequent constructive discharge. The case was tried before a jury (“Wright I ”), which found in favor of…
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