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· 2/5/1991

Scharff v. Frank

Citations

  • 791 F. Supp. 182
  • 2 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 477
  • 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20150
  • 59 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41,721

How courts have described this case

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  • “An impairment that affects only a particular job or narrow range of jobs does not substantially limit the major life activities of the impaired individual.”
  • plaintiff established substantial limitation on ability to work where vocational expert estimated that plaintiff could not perform approximately half of the unskilled jobs in the local economy
  • “The plaintiffs inability to engage in competitive sporting events and other unusually demanding physical activities did not constitute a substantial impairment of the plaintiffs major life activities.”
  • testimony by vocational expert demonstrated that plaintiff, due to impairment, could not perform approximately half of the unskilled jobs in the local economy that she would otherwise have been qualified to perform

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Judges: Spiegel

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