Legal Opinion
Brown v. Chase Brass & Copper Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 10, 2001No. 00-3308PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
George Brown sued his former employer, Chase Brass & Copper Co., alleging age discrimination, disability discrimination, and retaliation in the company’s handling of his deteriorating medical condition that eventually left him unable to work. Chase denied those charges and sought summary judgment, which the district court granted because Brown could not *484perform the essential functions of the jobs he wanted, did not ask for an ADA accommodation, and — assuming his longstanding advocacy of a rotation system became a request for an accommodation — the accommodation he wanted was unreasonable as…
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