Legal Opinion
Laferty v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided May 4, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14-CV-00853-TBRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Thomas B. Russell, Senior Judge, United States District Court
Daryl Laferty filed this disability-discrimination action in Jefferson County Circuit Court against his employer, United Parcel Service, Inc., alleging UPS failed to accommodate his disability as required by the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (KCRA), Ky. Rev. Stat. § 344.010, et seq. UPS removed Laferty’s action to this Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). Now, UPS seeks summary judgment as to Laferty’s failure-to-aecommodate claim. Because Laferty does not qualify as “disabled” under Ky. Rev. Stat. § 344.010(4), UPS’s…
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