United States Eighth Circuit

In an action alleging that defendant-employer failed to accommodate an employee's disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a judgment and award in the employee's favor is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court erred in denying defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law, averring that it could not be held liable for failure to accommodate plaintiff because he did not request a specific, reasonable accommodation; 2) alternatively, plaintiff's proposed accommodations were unreasonable; and 3) the district court erred by permitting the jury to award plaintiff $100,000 in compensatory damages and by denying a motion for remittur.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/06/2007
• Published 07/06/2007

Judges

• SMITH, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Laura M. Jordan, St. Louis, MO.   Also appearing on appellant's brief was Mary M. Bonacorsi, St. Louis, MO.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Robert G. Johnson, St. Louis, MO.   Also appearing on appellee's brief was Susan L.P. Starr, Washington, DC.