LESSARD v. OSRAM SYLVANIA, INC.

No. 98-2052.

175 F.3d 193 (1999)

Steven W. LESSARD, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. OSRAM SYLVANIA, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joni N. Esperian, with whom Moquin & Daley, P.A. was on brief, for appellant. Steven E. Hengen, with whom John T. Alexander and Ransmeier & Spellman, P.C. were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, MAGILL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This is a case under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213 (West 1995 & Supp.1998) and 47 U.S.C. § 225 (West 1991 & Supp. 1998). Combat in Vietnam left veteran Stephen Lessard with wounds, including a hand which is visibly scarred, disfigured, and subject to chronic pain and numbness. Concerns about repetitive motion injury to this hand led to Lessard's loss of a specific job as a...

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