· 7/7/1998
Judith Moritz v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.
Citations
- 147 F.3d 784
- 8 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 385
- 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 15040
- 1998 WL 372690
How courts have described this case
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- concluding plaintiff could not proceed since she could not prove her prima facie case of discrimination
- stating that limited staffing and budget for staffing should be considered in evaluating the consequences of not requiring the incumbent to perform the job functions and citing EEOC regulations to the same effect
- noting that “a job function may be considered essential . . . because a limited number of employees [are] available among whom the performance of that job function can be distributed” (quoting 29 C.F.R. § 1630.2(n)(2)
- suggesting her duties be limited to the ticketing counter when job included ticket counter and gate duties
- finding request for an assistant to help with employee’s duties unreasonable because an employer “is not obligated to hire additional employees or reassign existing workers to assist” an employee
- affirming district court’s determination of a job’s essential functions at summary judgment
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Judges: Wollman, Loken, Bataillon
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