United States Seventh Circuit

The Americans with Disabilities Act does not require an employer to create two new jobs to accommodate worker's disability, even where the disabled worker who communicates a disability to his employer and asks for an accommodation to continue working.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/09/2000
• Decided 11/15/2000
• Published 11/15/2000

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carl K. Turpin (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sherri L. Thornton (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.