Obesity

The Chicago Transit Agency is entitled to summary judgment for firing a bus driver who weighed more than 400 lbs. — more than bus seats could carry — because his obesity was a physical characteristic, not the result of a physical disability, the Seventh Circuit affirmed.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Transit Agency is entitled to summary judgment for firing a bus driver who weighed more than 400 lbs. — more than bus seats could carry — because his obesity was a physical characteristic, not the result of a physical disability, the Seventh Circuit affirmed.

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