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SCHMIDT v. METHODIST HOSP. OF INDIANA, INC.

No. 95-2773.

89 F.3d 342 (1996)

Lester SCHMIDT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METHODIST HOSPITAL OF INDIANA, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester H. Cohen (argued), Denise K. LaRue, Haskin, Lauter & Cohen, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kenneth B. Siepman, Kim F. Ebert, Julia B. Gelinas, Locke, Reynolds, Boyd & Weisell, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Lester Schmidt worked as a nurse at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. Schmidt filed suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101, et seq., claiming that the hospital failed to make a reasonable accommodation for his hearing disability by refusing to transfer him to a different nursing unit. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the hospital, and we affirm.

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