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· 5/19/1999

Joseph B. Taylor v. Pathmark Stores, Inc

Citations

  • 177 F.3d 180
  • 9 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 497
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 9507
  • 1999 WL 312384

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a plaintiff who could walk or stand for fifty minutes without rest was not disabled because “his ability to walk and stand [was] not significantly less than that of the average person”
  • noting that, “under the ADA, it is the employer’s burden to educate itself about the varying nature of impairment and to make individualized determinations about affected employees”
  • finding that plaintiff who walked with slight limp and required ten-minute breaks during each hour of standing was not disabled
  • finding that it is the employer’s burden to educate itself about the varying nature of an impairment and to make an individualized determination about an affected employee
  • finding that plaintiff who walked with slight limp and required ten-minute breaks during each hour of standing was not disabled
  • noting that “an employer’s perception that an employee cannot perform a wide range of jobs suffices to make out a ‘regarded as’ claim.”

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Judges: Becker, McKee, Lee

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