U.S. E.E.O.C. v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC.

No. 15-14551.

842 F.3d 1333 (2016)

UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC., Defendant Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Date Filed: December 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail S. Coleman , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel-Appellate Services, WASHINGTON, DC, Ana Consuelo Martinez , Kimberly Ann McCoy , Daniel Lewis Seltzer , MIAMI, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

Thomas M. Gonzalez , Erin G. Jackson , Thompson Sizemore Gonzalez & Hearing, PA, TAMPA, FL, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

Rae Thiesfield Vann , Norris Tysse Lampley & Lakis, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, Amicus Curiae for EQUAL EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, DUBINA, Circuit Judge, and HUCK, District Judge.


The Americans with Disabilities Act's provision for reasonable accommodation of disabled workers is at the heart of this case. Leokadia Bryk, a disabled nurse, sought a reasonable accommodation in the form of a job reassignment to another unit at St. Joseph's Hospital because she required the use of a cane, which posed a safety...

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