PATTEN v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, INC.

No. 01-2512.

300 F.3d 21 (2002)

Shawnee PATTEN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Gause with whom Berman & Simmons was on brief for appellant.

Christopher W. Nanos for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CYR, Senior Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Shawnee Patten, a former employee of appellee Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc., challenges two rulings made by the district court during the trial of her analogous claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12101-12213, and the Maine Human Rights Act ("MHRA"), 5 M.R.S.A. § 4551-4633. She asserts that the court incorrectly instructed the jury on her burden of proof and improperly excluded evidence...

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