· 11/18/1996
Robert E. Bultemeyer v. Fort Wayne Community Schools
Citations
- 100 F.3d 1281
- 6 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 67
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 29952
- 1996 WL 663829
How courts have described this case
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- holding that plaintiff with a history of paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder was disabled under the ADA
- holding that although physician’s letter requesting an accommodation for disabled employee came after employer’s decision to terminate, employer should have “reconsider[ed] the decision to terminate his employment”
- holding that plaintiff with a history of paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder was disabled under the ADA
- stating that where the precise nature of the disability or desired accommodation are ambiguous, the employer must ask for clarification
- “If the note was too ambiguous and [the employer] did not know what [the employee] wanted, [the employer] easily could have called Dr. Fawver for a clarification.”
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Judges: Posner, Wood, Eschbach
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