COLLINS v. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN

No. 96-1011.

103 F.3d 35 (1996)

Irma COLLINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson S. Chase (argued and briefed), William L. Fischel, Farmington Hills, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Theodore R. Opperwall (argued and briefed), K. Scott Hamilton (briefed), Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Detroit, MI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Ann E. Reesman (briefed), Douglas S. McDowell (briefed), Ellen Duffy McKay (briefed), McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Before: GUY, RYAN, and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.


SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan1 ("BCBSM") appeals from the district court's judgment confirming an arbitration award in favor of Irma Collins. Collins claimed that BCBSM terminated her employment because of her psychiatric condition in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 12101-12213 (West 1995), and the Michigan Handicappers Civil Rights Act ("MHCRA...

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