Legal Opinion
John Lawson, Sr. v. Csx Transportation, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 2001No. 00-1179PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*918RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
John Lawson, Sr. filed a claim against CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSX”) under the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA” or “the Act”). He alleged that CSX had discriminated against him because of a disability when it refused to hire him as a trainee for a train conductor position. The district court held that Mr. Lawson had presented insufficient evidence for a jury to find that his Type I insulin-dependent diabetes constituted a disability within ADA coverage, or that CSX refused to hire him because of his disability. Because we believe that the district court did not…
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