Case: Disability Discrimination/Discharge (E.D. Mich.)

Norfolk Southern Railway Company was granted summary judgment on a claim by a railroad conductor with multiple sclerosis that he was discharged because of his condition, rather than for making material misrepresentations about his medical history on a form that he filled out in connection with his post-offer medical examination by failing to disclose his MS and the medication that he took to manage it. Norfolk Southern held an honest belief that he had lied about his medical history given his omissions on the form, and it presented evidence that it fired other employees for falsifying or omitting relevant information ...