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JARVELA v. CRETE CARRIER CORP.

No. 13-11601.

754 F.3d 1283 (2014)

Sakari JARVELA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CRETE CARRIER CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon C. Goldfarb , Rachel Lee McGinley , L. William Smith , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantazis, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Alan Howard Garber , Marc N. Garber , The Garber Law Firm, P.C., Marietta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey A. Schwartz , Alison Lardo Loy , Jackson Lewis, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, COX, and ALARCÓN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

I. INTRODUCTION

Many Americans suffer from alcoholism. Sakera Jarvela, a commercial truck driver, is one of those individuals. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations prohibit anyone with a "current clinical diagnosis of alcoholism" from driving commercial trucks. Jarvela's employer, Crete Carrier Corporation, contends that it maintains a company policy that prohibits it from employing anyone who has had a diagnosis of alcoholism within...

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