GERDES v. SWIFT-ECKRICH, INC.

No. 97-1006.

125 F.3d 634 (1997)

George GERDES, Appellant, v. SWIFT-ECKRICH, INC., doing business as Armour Foods, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall E. Nielsen, Mason City, IA, argued, for appellant.

Johns S. Schauer, Chicago, IL, argued (Yvette Caizzi-Heintzelman, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MURPHY, HEANEY, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

George Gerdes appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment to Swift-Eckrich, Inc. ("Armour") on Gerdes's claim under the Americans With Disabilities Act, 14 U.S.C. § 12101 ("ADA"). We affirm.

I.

Gerdes began working as a maintenance supervisor at Armour's processing plant in Mason City, Iowa in 1978 and became a maintenance foreman in 1980. In 1991, Gerdes underwent coronary bypass surgery after which he...

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