MAYS v. PRINCIPI

No. 01-4227.

301 F.3d 866 (2002)

Maxcene MAYS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anthony J. PRINCIPI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jamie G. Sypulski (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas Walsh (argued), Ann L. Wallace, Office of the U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, the Veterans Administration, in a suit under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq., the counterpart for federal agency defendants to the employment provisions of the subsequently enacted Americans with Disabilities Act. The plaintiff, a nurse at a VA hospital, injured her back helping to lift a 400-pound patient. After some weeks off work...

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