Case: Disability Discrimination/Reasonable Accommodation (W.D. La.)

A former moveable bridge operator with Union Pacific Railroad Co. isn’t entitled to a trial on his claim that the company failed to accommodate him when it placed him on leave with pay while it assessed his fitness for duty after he developed anxiety following an altercation with a coworker, a federal district court in Louisiana ruled. The evidence showed Union Pacific actively sought to assess his condition and potential accommodations during the two-week period before he was prescribed medication that admittedly precluded him from doing his safety-sensitive job, the court said.