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For the Record.(Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)(Brief Article)
Business Insurance, November, 2001
ADA case The U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether employers are protected from liability under the Americans with Disabilities Act when they reject job applicants whose own health would be harmed if they were given the job for which they had applied. The high court last week accepted Chevron USA vs.
Mario Echazabal. Mr. Echazabal had worked for contractors at Chevron's El Segundo, Calif., refinery for more than 20 years and applied for a Chevron job in 1995. A pre-employment physical showed that Mr. Echazabal suffered from a liver condition that would be aggravated if he worked with solvents, which the Chevron job would have required. Chevron also asked the contractor for whom Mr. Echazabal worked not to have him work in areas where solvents were present....
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