Michael Stern v. St. Anthony's Health Center

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that, when opposing summary judgment, plaintiffs cannot rely “upon a conclusory and untested opinion/hope that the proposed treatment/accommodation would enable them to perform the essential functions of their jobs”
• explaining that an employee must be qualified to perform the functions of a requested reassignment if sought as an accommodation
• noting that an “employer may be obligated to reassign a disabled employee, but only to vacant positions”
• noting that for either type of discrimination claim—failure to accommodate or disparate treatment—a plaintiff must establish that he is a “qualified individual”
• explaining that a “conclusory and untested opinion/hope that the proposed . . . accommodation would enable [the plaintiffs] to perform the essential functions of their jobs” was insufficient to satisfy their burden on summary judgment
• stating plaintiffs cannot \rel[y] upon a conclusory and untested opinion/hope that the proposed treatment/accommodation would enable them to perform the essential functions of their jobs\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).