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· 8/18/2011

Román-Oliveras v. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

Citations

  • 655 F.3d 43
  • 2011 WL 3621548

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that “Title I of the ADA, like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, addresses the conduct of employers only and does not impose liability on co-workers” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • holding that Title I of the ADA imposes liability on employers, not co-workers
  • holding that the ADA, like Title VII, does not impose individual liability
  • holding that plaintiff's claims under Title I of the ADA against co-workers were properly dismissed Considering (a) the similarities between the definition of “employer” in Title VII and the ADA, (b) the similar purposes of the two statutes, (c
  • holding, as a matter of first impression in the First Circuit, that there is no individual liability under the ADA
  • holding that ADA does not contemplate individual liability

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Judges: Lipez, Souter, Selya

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