Dutcher v. Ingalls Shipbuilding

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• noting that an employee did not offer any evidence that her employer perceived her as being unable to work in the class of jobs as a welder
• holding permanent arm injury not a substantial limit on major life activity of working
• explaining that “the inability to perform one aspect of a job while retaining the ability to perform the work in general does not amount to substantial limitation of the activity of working.”
• finding that welder who was prevented from performing welding jobs that reguired substantial climbing was not prevented from performing welding jobs in general
• holding inability to perform one aspect of job while retaining ability to work in general is not substantial limitation on major life activity of working
• finding that an arm injury that restricted heavy lifting and repetitive movements was not a disability when plaintiff could perform daily activities such as feeding herself, driving, washing dishes, and vacuuming

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).