Driving an Essential Duty of Sherwin-Williams Manager

A former Sherwin-Williams Co. manager who lost his peripheral vision following a stroke and was placed on permanent disability leave because he could no longer drive a vehicle isn’t a “qualified” individual with a disability within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal judge in Kentucky ruled Sept. 2 (Wagner v. The Sherwin-Williams Co., 2015 BL 284680, E.D. Ky., No 14-00178, 9/2/15).

Granting summary judgment to Sherwin-Williams on Gordon Wagner’s claims that the company failed to accommodate his disability, Judge Amul R. Thapar of the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Kentucky found ...