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SEXTON v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 86-1323.

809 F.2d 167 (1987)

Richard F. SEXTON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Hernandez, with whom Madelyn Wessel, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Richard A. Freedman, with whom Brody & Feinberg, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Richard Sexton, the appellant in this diversity action, sued Gulf Oil Corporation, claiming that Gulf fired him from his job as a yard operator because he was a handicapped person, namely, an alcoholic. See Mass. Const. amend.art. CXIV; Mass.Gen.L. ch. 149, § 24K (1981). Gulf said that it fired Sexton primarily because he turned up for work drunk on October 3, 1981. Gulf also cited a series of past driving accidents, a record of...

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