Robert E. Maddox, III v. University of Tennessee University of Tennessee Board of Trustees Doug A. Dickey

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• finding that the university’s termination of an employee for driving under the influence of alcohol was permissible because substance abusers “are not exempted from reasonable rules of conduct.”
• upholding discharge of a football coach for drunken driving, even though he claimed his behavior was the result of alcoholism
• rejecting employee claim that off-duty drunk driving was causally connected manifestation of alcoholism disability caused by difficulty operating motor vehicle while under influence of alcohol
• affirming summary judgment for ADA and Rehabilitation Act defendant which terminated alcoholic employee after his arrest for drunk driving and public intoxication
• affirming summary judgment in defendant’s favor where plaintiff asserted alcoholism discrimination claim but repeatedly drove under the influence
• employers subject to Act permitted to discipline for egregious or criminal conduct, including off-duty drunk-driving, regardless of disability

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