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· 5/19/1995

Howard Fink and Lucia Marett v. New York City Department of Personnel, New York City Human Resources Administration and Department of Social Services

Citations

  • 53 F.3d 565
  • 4 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 641
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 12298

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that an employer is not required to “provide every accommodation the disabled employee may request, so long as the accommodation provided is reasonable.”
  • “[The reasonable accommodation requirement] does not require the perfect elimination of all disadvantage that may flow from the disability.”
  • “[Section 504] does not require the perfect elimination of all disadvantage that may flow from the disability.”
  • “[The reasonable accommodation requirement] does not require the perfect elimination of all disadvantage that may flow from the disability.”
  • an employer need not “provide every accommodation the disabled employee may request, so long as the accommodation provided is reasonable.”
  • “Reasonable accommodation is not tantamount to any accommodation a complainant desires.”

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Judges: Winter, Leval, Sand

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