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ADKINS v. BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP.

No. 98-1463.

159 F.3d 306 (1998)

Thomas ADKINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Bishop (argued), Kopp, Arena & Bishop, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas P. Krukowski (argued), Krukowski & Costello, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

The Briggs & Stratton Corporation fired Thomas Adkins after finding him sleeping at the wheel of his forklift. As it turned out, Adkins may have had a legitimate excuse for dozing off: narcolepsy, a condition characterized by an uncontrollable need for short periods of sleep. But Adkins admitted that the company had no knowledge of the disease when it fired him; in fact, Adkins' narcolepsy wasn't diagnosed until 4 months later...

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