· 5/28/2014
Joshua Bunn v. Khoury Enterprises, Inc.
Citations
- 753 F.3d 676
- 29 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1518
- 2014 WL 2198557
- 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 9872
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- noting that an employee’s hours were reduced based on his own request for vacation days, not for any discriminatory reason
- Explaining that circumstantial, direct evidence may include: “(1) suspicious timing; (2) ambiguous statements or behavior towards other employees in the protected group; (3
- noting that being a \qualified individual\ is an essential element a plaintiff must establish to prevail on a failure-to-accommodate claim
- explaining that the first element of establishing a prima facie case under the ADA requires showing that the individual is disabled, but otherwise the rest of the test mirrors Title VII
- tying adverse employment action to discriminatory animus can be proved with either direct or circumstantial evidence, but direct evidence is “understandably rare in ADA cases”
- affirming award of summary judgment against plaintiff under McDonnell Douglas framework where plaintiff “failed to identify, let alone discuss, a similarly situated, [non-protected-class-member] employee who was treated more favorably”
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Judges: Easterbrook, Kanne, Rovner
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