A Union Pacific Railroad Co. conductor who was terminated due to attendance policy violations stemming from his AIDS and testicular cancer diagnoses will have his disability claims heard by a jury, a split Tenth Circuit ruled.
Kelly Dansie started working at Union Pacific as a conductor in 2004. He was suspended in 2014 for an alleged safety violation, but returned in 2016. He lost his FMLA leave because of the suspension, and requested a reasonable accommodation to attend to his illness and medical appointments while satisfying Union Pacific’s attendance policy. Confusion ensued about the details and approval of Dansie’s request, ...
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