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· 9/29/1995

Rakestraw v. Carpenter Co.

Citations

  • 898 F. Supp. 386
  • 5 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 622
  • 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14536
  • 1995 WL 583729

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that temporary mental depression does not meet the requirements of a disability
  • holding that back injuries of limited duration do not cons titute a hand icap
  • injury that took twenty-two months to heal completely was “transitory,” and the plaintiff was therefore not entitled to protection under the ADA
  • back injury totally cured by surgery one year and ten months after injury is not disability within ADA

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Judges: Senter

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