Carter v. PATHFINDER ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an altercation and use of an expletive on the phone provided “legitimate and non-discrimi- natory” reasons for terminating the employee
• concluding that an employee was qualified because he was capable of performing the job functions and had, in fact, performed the function at issue
• holding that plaintiff “established that he had a physical impairment within the meaning of the ADA” by “submitt[ing] medical testimony”
• noting that a plaintiff must demonstrating that an intent to deprive the plaintiff of benefits was a “motivating factor” in the plaintiff’s termination
• providing that employee must show that he was disabled under the ADA at the time of being fired
• explaining that the prima facie demonstration of disability discrimination requires showing person “was fired because of his disability” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).