RIZZO v. CHILDREN'S WORLD LEARNING CENTERS, INC.

No. 97-50367.

173 F.3d 254 (1999)

Victoria RIZZO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHILDREN'S WORLD LEARNING CENTERS, INCORPORATED, doing business as CWLC, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason J. Thompson, Robert S. Thompson, Thompson & Thompson, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Cynthia Glass Bivins, Jenkins, Gilchrist, Groce, Locke & Hebdon, Wallace Bernard Jefferson, Crofts, Callaway & Jefferson, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WISDOM, WIENER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Children's World Learning Center (CWLC) is a school and daycare-provider for young children. Victoria Rizzo is a hearing-impaired woman who, until the circumstances of this lawsuit arose, was an employee of CWLC. In 1993, Ms. Rizzo left CWLC after a substantial change in her employment duties, and shortly thereafter filed a discrimination claim against CWLC under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. Rizzo...

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