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092100P.pdf 07/06/2010 Charlene Wisbey v. City of Lincoln
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 09-2100
U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Lincoln
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Smith and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Employment discrimination. Evidence showed the City was
not mistaken in its belief that plaintiff was not fit for duty in light of
her impairment which substantially limited her ability to work; city's
request that plaintiff pass a fitness-for-duty exam fell within the business
necessity exception to the ADA's prohibition on such exams as her duties
as an emergency services dispatcher had important public safety aspects
and her ability to focus was critical to performance of her duties; plaintiff
failed to show that she had a right to Family Medical Leave Act leave and
the City could not have interfered with her rights under the Act absent
such a showing; plaintiff failed to show a causal connection between her
request for FMLA leave and her termination and thus failed to show the
termination was retaliatory.