CHAPLIN v. CONSOL. EDISON CO. OF NEW YORK, INC.

No. 79 Civ. 730(MEL).

628 F.Supp. 143 (1986)

Phyllis CHAPLIN, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; and Epilepsy Foundation of America, Plaintiffs, v. CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.; Charles Luce, individually and in his capacity as Chairman of The Board of Trustees of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Arthur Hauspurg, individually and in his capacity as President of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Regina Frederickson, individually and in her capacity as Director of Personnel of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Thomas M. O'Sullivan, individually and in his capacity as Assistant Director of Personnel of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; John Holbrook, individually and in his capacity as a Personnel Representative of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; Herman Halpern, individually and in his capacity as Medical Director of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.; and Jane Doctor and John Doctor, individually and in their capacities as unknown and unnamed physicians of the Medical Department of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

February 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Kirklin, Director of Litigation, Civil Appeals & Law Reform Unit, The Legal Aid Soc., New York City, Jeffrey G. Abrandt, Attorney-in-Charge (Jonathan Ben-Asher, of counsel), Office for the Aging, Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiffs.

Ernest J. Williams, New York City, for defendants; Barry S. Goldstein, Geraldine O'Donnell, of counsel.


LASKER, District Judge.

In this action based on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ("the Act"), 29 U.S.C. § 794, Phyllis Chaplin, on behalf of herself and all others who, like her, suffer from epilepsy, and the Epilepsy Foundation of America, seek compensatory and injunctive relief from Consolidated Edison Company of New York and various employees (collectively referred to as "Con Ed"), based on Con Ed...

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