The EEOC's Seattle office filed this suit on October 2, 1996 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. The EEOC alleged that the defendant, Sisters of Providence Hospital, Anchorage, violated the ADA by terminating the complainant. The complainant had been on medical leave after suffering a stroke. He was terminated at the end of his allotted leave because he did not apply for an extension.

The defendant filed two motions for summary judgment and the EEOC filed one partial motion for summary judgment. The defendant's first motion for summary judgment was denied, but its second motion was granted. The EEOC's partial motion for summary judgment was denied. After the court granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment, it dismissed the plaintiff's complaint with prejudice on April 6, 1998. The EEOC appealed the District Court's ruling. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's decision on November 9, 1999.

EEOC v. Sisters of Providence Hospital, No. 98-35506, 191 F.3d 460 (9th Cir. 2003).

William Burns - 08/18/2007


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