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LEWIS v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 48921.

282 N.W.2d 874 (1979)

Donald LEWIS, Director, Department of Human Rights ex rel. Leonard QUINN, complainant, Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne E. Flinsch, City Atty., and Edward P. Starr, Asst. City Atty., St. Paul, for appellant.

Dorsey, Windhorst, Hannaford, Whitney & Halladay and Robert L. Hobbins, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before ROGOSHESKE, TODD, and WAHL, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

TODD, Justice.

Leonard Quinn was denied full-time employment at Ford Motor Company because his medical history disclosed an asthmatic condition in his early youth. Quinn filed a discrimination complaint. The trial court granted summary judgment for Ford Motor based on a state statute affording a defense to the discrimination and the medical report of Ford Motor's examining physician, stating that employment of Quinn at...

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