Campus Custodian With Walking Limit Denied Disability Bias Trial

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville won’t face trial on a custodian’s claims that it failed to accommodate his disability-based limitations on walking and standing because he didn’t identify a reasonable solution, a federal judge ruled.

That the university later let Rick Sautter clean just part of one building when it rehired him after he received a letter from his lawyer didn’t mean it would’ve been reasonable to make that adjustment when Sautter initially asked for help, the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin said. Sautter first sought accommodation after the school switched to a “team clean model” under ...