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· 8/15/1997

Cynthia Thompson v. Holy Family Hospital, a Division of Dominican Health Services

Citations

  • 121 F.3d 537
  • 7 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 308
  • 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6497
  • 97 Daily Journal DAR 10619
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 21556
  • 1997 WL 464695

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 25 pound restriction does not amount to a substantial limitation on the ability to lift
  • holding that employee’s inability to lift twenty-five pounds on a continuous ba sis, more than fifty pounds twice a day, and more than one-hundred pounds once a day was not “substantially limiting” within the meaning of the ADA
  • holding that a 25-pound lifting restriction is not substantially limiting
  • finding that a registered nurse’s inability to lift more than 25 pounds on a regular basis did not render her disabled because she presented “no evidence that the restrictions on her ability to perform total patient care preclude[d] her from ... an entire class of jobs”
  • noting, in addition, that plaintiff remained employed in the health care industry
  • noting, in addition, that plaintiff remained employed in the health care industry

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Judges: Wright, Nelson, Kozinski

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