Legal Opinion
Rooney v. Sprague Energy Corp.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided April 10, 2007No. CV-06-20-B-WPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
WOODCOCK, District Judge.
Afflicted with macular degeneration, Ashley Rooney challenges the decision of his employer, Sprague Energy Corp. (Sprague), to place him on an indefinite leave of absence, claiming that Sprague unlawfully discriminated against him because of his disability. Because there are genuine factual disputes about (1) the essential functions of his job, (2) whether he can safely perform those essential functions with or without accommodation, and (3) whether any accommodation will impose a hardship upon Sprague, the Court denies…
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