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· 3/16/1915

Forsythe v. Foor

Citations

  • 163 Ky. 547
  • 174 S.W. 13
  • 1915 Ky. LEXIS 271

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that an injury “without long-term or permanent effect, is not a disability under the ADA.”
  • finding that even “[m]oderate difficulties in walking or climbing stairs do not bring an individual within the class of persons protected by the ADA.” (citing Kelly v. Drexel Univ., 94 F.3d 102, 108 (3d Cir.1996))
  • finding record of six months of pain and a five-month absence for surgery and recuperation insufficient to establish a record of impairment
  • McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green , 411 U.S. 792 , 802-03, 93 S.Ct. 1817 , 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973)
  • \Moderate difficulties in walking or climbing stairs do not bring an individual within the class of persons protected by the ADA.\
  • “In assessing claims of discrimination on the basis of a disability, courts apply the burden- shifting analysis set forth in McDonnell Douglas . . .”

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