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· 4/6/2016

Commonwealth v. Kimmel, L.

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a district court “properly granted summary judgment on [the employee’s] retaliation claim” where “there [was] no evidence to support causation”
  • stating that a plaintiff must show that retaliation for protected activity was the “but-for” cause of an adverse action
  • explaining that the “third element” of an ADA retaliation claim “requires a showing of but-for causation”
  • framing issue on appeal as “whether Defendant discriminated against Plaintiff by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation that would have enabled her to perform either her CSO duties or the essential duties”
  • affirming district court's determination that the plaintiff's request for “an indefinite extension of her light-duty status ... was unreasonable as a matter of law”
  • framing issue on appeal as “whether Defendant discriminated against Plaintiff by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation that would have enabled her to perform either her CSO duties or the essential duties”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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