John A. Francis v. City of Meriden

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• holding that physical characteristics, such as weight, that do not result from a physiological disorder are not considered “impairments”
• holding that physical characteristics, such as weight, that do not result from a physiological disorder are not considered “impairments”
• concluding that the “as regarded” provision for defining disability requires that “the plaintiff must allege that the employer believed, however erroneously, that the plaintiff suffered from an ‘impairment’ that, if it truly existed, would be covered under the statutes”
• noting that a plaintiff must allege that the employer perceived that the employee suffered from an impairment that would be covered under the statute
• holding, in a regarded-as claim under the ADA, that obesity is not a physical impairment unless it relates to physiological disorder
• finding that obesity, by itself, does not qualify as a physical impairment because physical characteristics that are not the result of a physiological disorder are not considered impairments for purposes of determining either actual or perceived disability

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