· 6/14/1996
Ray v. Glidden Company
Citations
- 85 F.3d 227
- 5 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 991
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 14541
- 1996 WL 284978
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- holding that an inability to perform continuous, heavy lifting or an inability to perform a particular job do not necessarily constitute a record of disability
- holding that inability to continuously lift containers weighing on average 44-56 pounds \does not render a person substantially limited in the major life activities of lifting or working\
- \[I]nability to perform heavy lifting does not render a person substantially limited in the major activities of lifting or working.\
- inability to continuously lift 10 to 56 pound containers insufficient, as a matter of law, to establish a significant limitation of the major life activity of working
- plaintiff’s inability to perform continuous heavy lifting did not constitute a substantial limitation on a major life activity
- plaintiff not substantially impaired by limitation on heavy lifting where he otherwise could lift and reach
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Judges: Davis, Barksdale, Demoss
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