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E.E.O.C. v. SCHNEIDER NAT., INC.

No. 06-3108.

481 F.3d 507 (2007)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SCHNEIDER NATIONAL, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dori K. Bernstein (argued), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark A. Casciari (argued), Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago, IL; Thomas E. Vandenberg, General Counsel, and Miles S. Mittelstadt, Associate General Counsel, Schneider National, Inc. (briefed), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

In 2002, shortly after receiving an award from his employer, the Schneider trucking company, for having driven a million miles for the company without an avoidable accident, Jerome Hoefner had a fainting spell and was diagnosed with a condition called "neurocardiogenic syncope." This is a disorder of the nervous system that can produce a sudden drop in blood pressure that in turn reduces the amount of blood reaching the brain, causing the person...

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