Hubert Wooten v. Farmland Foods

How courts have described this case

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• holding that carpal tunnel syndrome precluding work with meat products in a cold environment would not substantially limit major life activities but only prevented the performance of a narrow range of meatpacking jobs
• recognizing that ADA protections cease after an employee is terminated
• affirming summary judgment for an employer where plaintiff was held not disabled within the meaning of the ADA because his impairments “only appeared to prevent him from performing a narrow range” of jobs
• affirming summary judgment for an employer where plaintiff was held not disabled within the meaning of the ADA because his impairments \only appeared to prevent him from performing a narrow range\ of jobs
• “An employer is not required to make accommodations that would violate the rights of other employees”
• doctor’s note restricted work activities to light duty, no work with meat products, no work in cold environment, and lifting twenty pounds maximum

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).