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181066P.pdf 10/03/2019 Rochelle Garrison v. Dolgencorp, LLC
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-1066
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Benton, Circuit
Judge]
Civil case - Employment discrimination. In this Americans with
Disabilities Act action, a reasonable jury could conclude Dollar General
was aware of plaintiff's disability, that she asked for an accommodation
and that Dollar General, had it engaged in the interactive process, could
have reasonable accommodated her; as a result, plaintiff established
enough to survive a summary judgment motion on her ADA claim; however, she
failed to establish unlawful retaliation under the ADA, the Missouri Human
Rights Act and the Family Medical Leave Act as neither defendants' actions
amounted to retaliation; plaintiff failed to follow the steps Dollar
General had established in its employee handbook for requesting Family
Medical Leave Act leave and lost any right she had to FMLA leave.