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· 10/26/2000

Arlie Leonberger v. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

Citations

  • 231 F.3d 396
  • 11 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 103
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 26885
  • 2000 WL 1593889

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that an employer’s given reason for terminating an employee who “nodded off” while operating a front loader was not pretextual; “an employee who is less than fully alert could harm himself and others if he is operating a front loader”
  • sleeping on the job is a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason for discharging an employee, even for an employee with sleep apnea

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Judges: Easterbrook, Wood, Evans

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