ADA Violation

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Edward L. Youngman v. Peoria County, et al.,

Case No.: 18-2544

Officials: RIPPLE, ROVNER, and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

Focus: ADA Violation

Edward Youngman was placed on medical leave from his job with the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center after he informed his supervisor that he could no longer work shifts in the facility’s control room. Youngman had rarely worked in the control room during his tenure with the detention center, but when changes in job rotations had resulted in his temporary assignment to the control room, he experienced headaches, nausea, and dizziness, among other symptoms. Youngman asked that he not be assigned to the control room in the future as an accommodation, but was told that was not possible; he was instructed that he could return to work if and when his condition improved. After Youngman’s leave time expired, his position was filled, and he found employment elsewhere, he filed this suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act, alleging that his employer had refused to accommodate his disability and forced him out of his position. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants, reasoning that Youngman was responsible for the breakdown of the interactive process required by the ADA. Youngman v. Kouri, 2018 WL 3186920 (C.D. Ill. June 28, 2018). We affirm, but on a different ground.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.