Ansaf Alexander v. The Northland Inn

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• concluding that plaintiff who could not vacuum could not perform essential functions of her job as housekeeping supervisor
• holding that the defendant was “entitled to rely and act upon the written advice from [the plaintiff’s] physician” when deciding whether it could accommodate her restrictions
• holding the requested accommodation unreasonable “because it would have required [the employer] to assign [the employee’s] vacuuming responsibilities to other employees”
• determining that it is the ADA plaintiff's burden to show that she could perform the essential functions of her job with a reasonable accommodation
• finding that “[employer] was entitled to rely and act upon the written advice from [employee]’s physician” as to that employee’s ability to work
• explaining that employer may rely on doctor’s letter prohibiting employee from engaging in certain activities

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).