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· 2/12/1883

Hestonville, Mantua, & Fairmount Passenger Railroad v. Kelley

Citations

  • 102 Pa. 115
  • 1883 Pa. LEXIS 21

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  • morbid obesity may be but is not per se a handicap under Pennsylvania law
  • Morbid obesity may be a handicap or disability within the meaning of the PHRA, but the condition of morbid obesity, alone, is not such a handicap or disability
  • morbid obesity may be but is not per se a handicap under Pennsylvania law
  • not all discrimination is unlawful

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Judges: Glare, Gordon, Green, Mercur, Paxson, Sterrett, Trunkey

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