Jimmy Adcock v. Five Star Rentals/Sales, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that the distraction theory requires the distraction resulting from the disabled relative must be the determinative factor
• stating that associational discrimination cases are subject to the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework
• reversing district court’s decision to dismiss associational claim when employee terminated immediately after he was tardy due to the care requirements of his disabled daughter
• finding inference of distraction established where plaintiff was told “his problems at home were not the company’s problems” and “he was effectively demoted after he missed a day’s work to care for his daughter [with a disability|”
• “An employee is qualified if [s]he ‘can perform the essential functions of the employment position.’”
• “The issue of qualification arises nevertheless because of Kelleher’s request for accommodation, which the ADA does not mandate employers to provide in this context.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).