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· 5/8/2013

Franklin Owusu-Ansah v. The Coca-Cola Company

Citations

  • 715 F.3d 1306
  • 27 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1583
  • 2013 WL 1896978
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 9340

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that “a term appearing in several places in a statutory text is generally read the same way each time it appears”
  • concluding that “§ 12112(d)(4)(A) protects employees who are not disabled”
  • finding an employer did not violate the ADA by requiring an employee to undergo a psychiatric evaluation as a condition to continued employment and placing him on leave pending that evaluation process
  • finding employer did not violate ADA’s medical examination prohibition when it subjected employee to mental evaluation because his mental state affected his job performance and potentially threatened the safety of other employees
  • upholding mental fitness-for-duty examination of employee who exhibited extreme stress in the workplace
  • imply- ing a private right of action under 42 U.S.C. § 12112(d)(4) and rec- ognizing “that § 12112(d)(4)(A) [also] protects employees who are not disabled”

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Judges: Tjoflat, Carnes, Jordan

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