Case: Disability Discrimination/Qualified Individual (D. Idaho)

An Idaho federal district court partially granted a locomotive engineer’s motion for front pay under the Americans with Disabilities Act, awarding $121,860.27 instead of the requested $174,106.59, after a jury had already found that the Union Pacific Railroad Company violated the ADA by terminating him and awarded back pay, ruling that the engineer was entitled to front pay because the jury determined he was a qualified individual at termination, reinstatement was not feasible due to his lack of an FRA certification, and Union Pacific failed to prove he ceased to be qualified.

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