031878P.pdf   12/01/2003  John C. Shaver  v.  Independence Stave
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  03-1878
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   Civil case - employment law. Court holds claim for a hostile work 
   environment is actionable under the Americans with Disabilities Act; in 
   determining whether such a claim has been established, the court would 
   look to standards developed elsewhere in anti-discrimination law and 
   then adapt them to the unique requirements of the ADA; plaintiff 
   established he was a member of the protected class, that he was subject to 
   unwelcome harassment, and that the harassment resulted from his 
   membership in the protected class; however, the verbal harassment and 
   name-calling plaintiff was subjected to did not rise to an actionable level; 
   evidence plaintiff introduced concerning his supervisor's actions in 
   providing bad references, while manufactured, was sufficient to raise a 
   triable issue of retaliation.