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152105P.pdf 03/31/2016 Kathy Kelleher v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-2105
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Dubuque
[PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Smith and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Employment discrimination. For ADA purposes, plaintiff did
not suffer an adverse employment action because accepting the position
defendant offered after being made aware of her request for an
accommodation did not materially change the terms or conditions of her
employment as the position was less strenuous and received higher pay; as
a result, she failed to make a prima facie case of discrimination and
cannot prove her claim defendant failed to accommodate her disability;
with respect to her claim that defendant retaliated against her for making
the request for accommodation, under the McDonnell Douglas analysis,
defendant provided legitimate, non-retaliatory reasons for its actions
which plaintiff failed to show were pretexts; the actions plaintiff relies
on to establish a hostile work environment did not rise to the level of
harassment and there is no evidence to support her claim that she received
increased work or was held to a higher standard than other employees.