· 1/13/1994
Betty Gupton v. Commonwealth of Virginia Ray D. Pethel William Bryant
Citations
- 14 F.3d 203
- 1994 CCH OSHD 30,322
- 2 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1672
- 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 514
- 63 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 42,768
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- holding that plaintiff had to show that her impairment foreclosed employment in her field
- holding that plaintiff's allergy to tobacco smoke, while making it impossible to continue in the particular job she had held, did not limit the major life activity of working
- finding no substantial limitation where plaintiff \presented no evidence that her allergy [to tobacco smoke] foreclosed her generally from obtaining jobs in her field\ and where defendant offered her a position in her field in a nearby office
- finding no substantial limitation where plaintiff \pre- sented no evidence that her allergy [to tobacco smoke] fore- closed her generally from obtaining jobs in her field\ and where defendant offered her a position in her field in a nearby office
- plaintiff not foreclosed generally from obtaining jobs in her field when employer offered her another position at different facility
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Judges: Russell, Niemeyer, Williams
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