Rakity v. Dillon Companies, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the plaintiff’s “record of missed work due to surgery, short hospital stays, and rehabilitation does not, by itself, imply he has a record of substantial limitation in working”
• observing that the defendant “freely admit[ted] the decision not to promote [the plaintiff] was made because of [his] lifting restriction” and declining to apply the McDonnell Douglas framework for that reason
• hinging the analysis on whether the injury was substantially limiting rather than just categorizing carpal tunnel as an ADA-recognized disability
• confusing and arguably contradictory testimony by employee of the defendant was “immaterial” to establishing discrimination as that employee was not responsible for making the decision at issue
• plaintiffs surgery, short hospital stay, and rehabilitation did not, by itself, show a record of substantial limitation in major life activity of working
• “[A] history of light duty restrictions does not necessarily demonstrate a record of substantial limitation in working.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).