U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
William Shears v. FirstEnergy Corporation
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Stephanie Dawkins Davis
- Filed
- Jan. 5, 2026
- Case
- William Shears v. FirstEnergy Corporation
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 26a0004n.06 Case No. 24-3915 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Jan 05, 2026 ) WILLIAM SHEARS, KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE v. ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT ) COURT FOR THE NORTHERN FIRSTENERGY CORPORATION, ) DISTRICT OF OHIO Defendant, ) ) OPINION ENERGY HARBOR NUCLEAR ) CORPORATION, as successor of and, oka ) FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, ) Defendant-Appellee. ) Before:McKEAGUE, MURPHY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges. DAVIS, Circuit Judge. Energy Harbor Nuclear Corporation (“Energy Harbor”) terminated longtime employee William Shears following an investigation into allegations of timesheet falsification. His termination came shortly after Energy Harbor granted Shears an accommodation that limited his shift to daytime assignment, as Shears’s documented history of diabetes proved he could not work the night shift. Shears sued, alleging state and federal claims of disability and age discrimination, failure to accommodate his medical condition, and retaliation for requesting the accommodation and assisting his coworkers in complaints against supervisors. The district court gran…
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