ELLEDGE v. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, LLC

No. 19-1069.

979 F.3d 1004 (2020)

Charles J. ELLEDGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, LLC, Defendant-Appellee, and Lowe's Companies, Inc., Defendant. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Disability Rights North Carolina; Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.; Disability Law Center for Virginia; Disability Rights of West Virginia; Disability Rights Maryland; National Disability Rights Network, Amici Supporting Appellant, Retail Litigation Center, Inc.; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amici Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Elliot , Winston-Salem, North Carolina, R. Michael Elliot , ELLIOT MORGAN PARSONAGE, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. James M. Powell , Greensboro, North Carolina, Theresa M. Sprain , WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Deborah R. White , RETAIL LITIGATION CENTER, INC., Arlington, Virginia; Matthew A. Fitzgerald , Richmond, Virginia, Amy Morrissey Turk , MCGUIREWOODS LLP, Norfolk, Virginia; Daryl Joseffer , Jonathan Urick , U.S. CHAMBER LITIGATION CENTER, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Niemeyer joined.


In the aftermath of knee surgery, Chuck Elledge parted ways with his long-term employer Lowe's Home Center. The separation was not amicable. Soon thereafter, Elledge sued Lowe's for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), claiming that Lowe's had forced him out of his director-level job even though, with...

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