Judge Lewis Kaplan (left) wrote the opinion for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; Judge Gerald Tjoflat dissented.
With a 2-to-1 vote, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals revived a discrimination suit brought by a former Union City police detective who said she was fired after refusing to submit to a voluntary Taser shock as part of her training.
Former Detective Jacqueline Lewis suffered a mild heart attack the year before the Taser training was implemented, and her doctor recommended that she not be subjected to an electrical shock.
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