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Report Link Appellate Court Rejects UPS Ban on Deaf Drivers.Helms Mulliss & Wicker - October 25, 2006 Although the world is familiar with the “What can brown do for you?” ad campaign launched by United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that what deaf and hearing impaired employees could not do for the Atlanta-based delivery company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Report Link Federal Court Says Driving Is Not A Major Life Activity Under The ADA (pdf).Vedder Price - August 29, 2005 A computer programmer whose vertigo prevented her
from driving to work had no discrimination claim under
the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently ruled in
Yindee v. Commerce Clearing House Inc., No. 04 C
0730. Granting summary judgment to her employer, the
court found that plaintiff’s vertigo did not substantially
limit her in a major life activity since the sole activity
affected by her condition was driving. Report Link The Problem Employee: Discipline or Accommodation? (pdf).Vedder Price - January 28, 2005 Two recent cases illustrate how dealing with an employee
who interacts negatively with coworkers can lead to
litigation. In one case, a belligerent supervisor claimed
that a campaign of racial harassment had created a hostile
work environment and led to his constructive discharge.
In the other, a discharged employee sued her employer
for back pay and punitive damages under the Americans
With Disabilities Act because her troublesome behavior
was caused by a bipolar disorder. Report Link Supreme Court Tightens the Reins on Who Is Disabled Under the ADA.Jackson Lewis LLP - January 09, 2002 Discusses Toyota Motor Mfg., Ky., Inc. v. Williams, No. 00-1089, ___ U.S. ___ (January 8, 2002), in which the court held that held that to be covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a person must have substantial limitations on abilities that are central to daily life and not just the workplace. Report Link Inability to Work Overtime Not Necessarily a Disability [PDF Newsletter].Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP - May 01, 2001 Discusses Kellogg v. Union Pacific R. Co., 2000 WL 1769656 (8th Cir. Dec. 4, 2000), in which the court held an employee is not substantially limited in the major life activity of working by virtue of being limited to a forty-hour work week; court also held that an employer’s knowledge of an employee’s disability, without more, is not sufficient to establish a “regarded as” claim.
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