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Walmart Looks To 7th Circ. To Flip Loss In ADA Case
Law360 (December 21, 2020, 5:24 PM EST) Walmart is hoping the Seventh Circuit will undo a loss the retail giant sustained in a disability bias case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over a shopping cart attendant who was allegedly forced out because he needed a job coach.
Walmart filed a notice of appeal Friday in Wisconsin federal court, about a month after the court rejected the company s bid for a new trial and over a year after a jury found Walmart had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by firing longtime cart attendant Paul Reina. The EEOC said Reina is deaf and developmentally impaired..