7th Circuit Reinstates Conductor’s Bias Suit Over Hearing Accommodations

Mealey's (October 8, 2020, 7:16 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 14 reversed summary judgment for a railroad company based on existence of issues of fact and remanded a disability bias case by a fired conductor who alleges that the trial court improperly found that wearing hearing protection was an essential function of his job and that there were no reasonable accommodations (Mark Mlsna v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, No. 19-2780, 7th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 29072)....