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· 6/12/2001

Gelabert-Ladenheim v. American Airlines, Inc.

Citations

  • 252 F.3d 54
  • 11 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1581
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 12148
  • 2001 WL 640175

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that though physically impaired, an employee was not disabled because she was not substantially limited in any major life activity
  • noting that ADA requires an “individualized inquiry,” and “[wjhen the major life activity of working is at issue ... the plaintiff ‘assumes a more fact-specific burden of proof ”
  • performing \individualized inquiry\ by which a court determines whether a plaintiff is substantially limited in the activity of working
  • relying in part on plaintiffs pre- and post-impairment work history, court concludes that plaintiff was not “substantially limited” in her ability to work
  • plaintiffs con-clusory statements as to her inability to work in a variety of jobs held to be insufficient

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Judges: Selya, Coffin, Lynch

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