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· 2/10/1995

Marschand v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

Citations

  • 876 F. Supp. 1528
  • 4 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1099
  • 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5924

How courts have described this case

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

  • employer “assumption” that employee was unable to work on or around trains or in high stress situations was “understandable given that that is how [the employee] defined himself’
  • \the employer does not `regard the employ ee as disabled simply by finding the employee to be incapable of satisfying the singular demands of a particular job'\
  • to prove that an employer regarded him as disabled, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant \knew of his injury and believed that he was substantially limited because of the injury\
  • Plaintiff “has offered nothing beyond his own subjective opinion that he could perform various other jobs at [the Rail road]. This general averment falls far short of [Plaintiffs] summary judgment burden.”
  • discussing extent of duty to reassign employee with disability

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Judges: Cosbey

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