Legal Opinion
Lori L. Leisen v. City of Shelbyville
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 1998No. 97-2575PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Lori Leisen wanted to be a paramedic and a firefighter. For a time it looked as if she was on the way to achieving her dream, when she joined the Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department as one of its first female members. Later, she moved to the defen dant City of ShelbyviUe’s Fire Department, where she was also a pioneer as a woman firefighter. But she encountered troubles at Shelbyville that eventually proved insurmountable when she failed to gain state certification as a paramedic, which her contract required her to do within three years 'from her date of…
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