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          agreed that Mr. Forste would not be required to fly.  Between               
          August and November 1976, Mr. Forste flew twice as an employee of           
          DHS.  When scheduled to fly, he would have nightmares and wake up           
          in a cold sweat nightly for approximately 2 weeks before his                
          flight.  In November 1976, Mr. Forste flew to Florida for DHS.              
          Following an eventful return flight, he resolved never to fly               
          again and informed one of the managing partners of his decision.            
          He told the managing partner that if his inability to fly was a             
          problem, he would seek other employment.  DHS did not respond,              
          and Mr. Forste continued working for DHS.  Mr. Forste thereafter            
          traveled by personal car or by train.  His fear of flying and his           
          choice of alternative modes of transportation did not interfere             
          with his job performance, and he received only positive                     
          evaluations from DHS.                                                       
               In the early part of 1983, a supervising partner in DHS told           
          Mr. Forste that his inability to fly was an issue and that he had           
          to fly or he would no longer be of any value to the firm.                   
          Because of the pressure to fly and the manner in which the issue            
          was brought to Mr. Forste’s attention, he experienced a great               
          deal of stress, anguish, anxiety, fear, anger, and sleeplessness,           
          as well as nightmares.  He also experienced headaches which he              
          treated with Tylenol and codeine.  In March 1983, a psychiatrist            
          examined Mr. Forste and diagnosed his fear of flying as an                  
          incurable form of “delayed stress syndrome”.  DHS was made aware            






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