· 4/6/2000
Staceen M. Sinkler v. Midwest Property Management Limited Partnership
Citations
- 209 F.3d 678
- 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 6247
- 2000 WL 352419
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- evaluating whether the plaintiffs inability to drive to and from work “constituted a significant barrier to her employment,” thereby impairing her ability to work
- evaluating whether the plaintiff’s inability to drive to and from work “constituted a signifi- cant barrier to her employment,” thereby impairing her ability to work
- “getting to and from work” is not of equal significance to enumerated major life activities and thus is not a major life activity; “rather . . . [it] is a sub-species of the activity of ‘working’ or of ‘driving’ ”
- plaintiff not substantially limited in working when broad range of jobs remained open to her
- facts in the record demonstrated that a broad range of jobs remained open to the plaintiff where she was able to find a job in the same line of work after her discharge
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Judges: Ripple, Kanne, Wood
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