United States First Circuit

Judgment that a shipping company discriminated against an employee on the basis of a disability in violation of the Maine Human Rights Act is affirmed over defendant-employer's argument that four of the district court's jury instructions were in error under the MHRA disability provision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/07/2008
• Published 03/07/2008

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, SELYA and SILER, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan J. Baronoff with whom Murtha Cullina LLP and Hugh F. Murray were on brief for appellant., John P. Gause, Commission Counsel, for Maine Human Rights Commission, amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey Neil Young with whom McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Toker, P.A., Kristin Aiello, Sean Ociepka and Disability Rights Center were on brief for appellee.