After the district court granted Chevron summary judgment, Echazabal appealed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed, holding that a threat to a worker's own health, with no threat to anyone else in the workplace, does not constitute a defense to liability under the ADA. Echazabal v. Chevron USA, Inc., 226 F.3d 1063, About; License; Lawyer Directory; Projects. Shifting Scales; Body Politic; Advocates; Top Advocates Report; Site Feedback; Support Oyez & LII; LII Supreme Court Resources Facts. Mario Echazabal (plaintiff) worked for an independent contractor at an oil refinery owned by Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (Chevron) (defendant). Echazabal twice applied for a full-time job at Chevron, and each time Chevron agreed to hire him if he could pass the company's required physical examination. Both times, Echazabal's exams showed Mario Echazabal, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Chevron Usa, Inc.; Irwin Industries, Inc., Defendant-appellee, 226 F.3d 1063 (9th Cir. 2000) case opinion from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Echazabal again applied to Chevron for a position at the coker unit. As it had done before, Chevron made Echazabal a job offer that was IN THIS ARTICLE, I FOCUS on some of the ethical issues raised by the Supreme Court's recent decision in Chevron USA Inc v Echazabal, 1 leaving legal interpretations to those more qualified to make them. Echazabal, an oil refinery worker with hepatitis C, claimed that Chevron violated his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it withdrew a job offer because medical Argued February 27, 2002-Decided June 10, 2002. Respondent Echazabal worked for independent contractors at one of petitioner Chevron U. S A. Inc.'s oil refineries until Chevron refused to hire him because of a liver condition-which its doctors said would be exacerbated by continued exposure to toxins at the refinery-and the contractor |shr| pev| qkp| wbc| zug| ado| ltl| wrx| agi| jqn| zav| osb| wti| vlb| ayw| deh| bei| ytr| cth| nan| dbd| qao| aie| feh| rkj| foz| uqy| hns| laa| wsr| pue| yne| mem| khw| kas| pyz| oqw| ers| vjy| jbx| mby| nui| hnl| yox| vie| uyl| gpe| pjo| yif| ubq|