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· 9/13/1999

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, - Mary Boyle, Intervenor v. R.J. Gallagher Company

Citations

  • 181 F.3d 645

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that cancer did not qualify under the pre- amendment standard
  • mitigating effects of medication must be considered in determining the disability status of a cancer patient
  • declining to hold cancer to be an ADA-qualifying disability prior to ADAAA
  • “Our precedents do suggest that the employer’s offer of another position in the same class of occupations may disprove an allegation of discrimination based on perception of disability.”
  • \[I]t is not enough for [a] ... plaintiff to simply show that he has a record of a cancer diagnosis; in order to establish the existence of a \disability\... there must be a record of an impairment that substantially limits one or more of the ... plaintiff's major life activities.\
  • “Working falls well within the phrase ‘major life activity.”

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Judges: Wiener, Demoss, Parker

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