· 6/5/1998
Criado v. IBM Corporation
Citations
- 145 F.3d 437
- 8 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 336
- 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 11743
- 1998 WL 282836
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that “a leave of absence and leave extensions are reasonable accommodations in some circumstances,” but “[wjhether the leave request is reasonable turns on the facts of the case.”
- stating that although the plaintiffs “depression had been adequately treated ... in the past and was expected to be adequately treated ... in the future [did] not establish that she [did] not have a disability.”
- rejecting defendant s contention that jury was compelled to find that plaintiffs impairment was “a temporary mental condition”
- finding that evidence that plaintiff was having trouble dealing with stress and relating with coworkers, depression, and anxiety causing sleep deprivation, which affected her ability to report to work, was adequate evidence that plaintiff was disabled under the ADA
- stating that although the plaintiff’s “depression had been adequately treated . . . in the past and was expected to be adequately treated . . . in the future [did] not establish that she [did] not have a disability.”
- suggesting that sleep is a major life activity
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Judges: Stahl, Godbold, Cyr
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