Swanson v. Village of Flossmoor

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-employer’s motion for summary judgment in action under Americans with Disabilities Act, alleging that defendant failed to reasonably accommodate plaintiff-police detective’s return to work from his first stroke by not permitting him to work exclusively at desk position. Plaintiff’s request for “light duty”/desk position did not match his physician’s suggestion of “part-time” work, and defendant sufficiently accommodated plaintiff’s disability by allowing him to perform his normal duties on part-time basis and to use his paid medical leave for balance of his work schedule. Moreover, plaintiff could not assert any ADA claim arising out of his second stroke, where plaintiff’s resignation letter indicated that his second stroke rendered him completely unable to resume his detective job duties. Also, plaintiff’s Title VII race discrimination claim was untimely where last of alleged racially offensive incidents occurred years before plaintiff filed his EEOC charge, which was filed more than 300 days after his last day of being on job.