Louis P. Forrisi v. Otis R. Bowen

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• holding that a plaintiffs ability to work is substantially limited when his impairment forecloses “the type of employment involved”
• holding that a plaintiffs ability to work is substantially limited only when his impairment forecloses “the type of employment involved”
• adding that “[f]ar from being regarded as having a ‘substantial limitation’ in employability, Forrisi was seen as unsuited for one position in one plant — and nothing more.”
• noting that plaintiff “ ‘had no difficulty in obtaining other jobs in his field’”
• stating that the statutory reference to substantial limitation means “to foreclose generally the type of employment involved.”
• noting that under the Rehabilitation Act, a person is not considered handi- capped because of the inability to perform a particular job

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