This suit was brought in April 1997 against Aramark Company Inc and Aetna Life Insurance Company in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiff alleged a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act because benefits given to mentally disabled employees were not as generous as those given to physically disabled employees. The case was consolidated almost immediately with a suit brought against the defendants by the EEOC. The defendants moved for summary judgment, and in February 1999 the motion was granted. 37 F.Supp.2d 40 (D.D.C. 1999). The plaintiffs appealed, but the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed. 208 F.3d 266 (D.C. Cir. 2000).

Jason Chester - 08/13/2008


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