FOODS, INC. v. IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION

No. 66003.

318 N.W.2d 162 (1982)

FOODS, INC., Appellee, v. IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION and Theresa C. Harkin, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Scott H. Nichols, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Paul R. Tyler, F. Richard Lyford, and Jon P. Sullivan of Dickinson, Throckmorton, Parker, Mannheimer & Raife, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, HARRIS, McGIVERIN, and SCHULTZ, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

The fighting issue in this case is whether the discharge of a cafeteria worker because of a convulsive epileptic seizure constitutes an unfair employment practice in violation of section 601A.6, The Code. The Iowa Civil Rights Commission determined that the discharge was discriminatory and awarded back pay and ordered reinstatement. On judicial review the district court reversed the Commission. We now reverse the district court and remand for entry...

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