United States Seventh Circuit

In plaintiff's disability discrimination action against his former employer, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant-employer is affirmed in part, reversed and vacated in part, and remanded where: 1) the disability-discrimination claim is remanded as, although plaintiff's impairments are not sufficient to show that he is disabled, the record contains adequate evidence to support a theory that defendant regarded him as being disabled in the major life activities of walking, caring for himself, and speaking; 2) district court's summary judgment on the reasonable-accommodation claim is affirmed; 3) district court's denial of plaintiff's motion to compel discovery on certain issues is reversed; and 4) award of sanctions is vacated because the magistrate judge unreasonably imposed them in response to plaintiff's discovery requests.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/22/2009
• Published 10/22/2009

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, FLAUM, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anna M. Hearn, Attorney (argued), Valparaiso, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Heather L. Wilson, Attorney (argued), Frost Brown Todd, Indianapolis, IN, Defendant-Appellee.