U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jon Higgins v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- July 24, 2019
- Case
- Jon Higgins v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
- Case status
- Decided
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MELLOY, Circuit Judge. Jon Higgins has chronic back pain. He asked his employer, Union Pacific Railroad ("Union Pacific"), to accommodate his back pain by allowing him to take time off "as necessary" and receive "24 hours of rest per shift (between shifts)." Union Pacific denied his request. Higgins then sued Union Pacific for, among other things, disparate treatment and failure to acco…
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