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· 9/10/2003

Elaine Liljedahl v. Ryder Student Transportation Services, Inc.

Citations

  • 341 F.3d 836
  • 14 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1390
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 18673
  • 1 Accom. Disabilities Dec. (CCH) 11
  • 2003 WL 22083476

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that an employer is not legally required to provide accommodation for unknown health problems
  • concluding that a successful cancer surgery with a short recovery period does not qualify as a disability under the MHRA
  • holding that summary-judgment record did not support a finding that plaintiff’s cancer materially limited a major life activity because plaintiff’s “cancer surgery was successful and her recuperation period was limited”
  • holding that summary-judgment record did not support a finding that plaintiff’s cancer materially limited a major life activity because plaintiff’s “cancer surgery was successful and her recuperation period was limited”
  • noting that doctors did not testify that plaintiff's purported limitations required a modified work schedule or other accommodations
  • noting that an employer must accommodate known limitations and a required accommodation must relate to the limitations

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Judges: Riley, Heaney, Ericksen

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