Vera L. Nunes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Mike Black Rita Silva

How courts have described this case

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• holding that unpaid medical leave can be a reasonable accommodation under the 4 || Americans with Disability Act (the “ADA”)
• stating that “[t]he ADA prohibits an employer from discriminating against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability”
• explaining that, to establish a claim of discrimination under the ADA, a plaintiff must show (1) he is disabled within the meaning of the statute, (2) he is a “qualified individual” under the statute, and (3) he was discriminated against because of his disability
• Extended leave “may be a reasonable accommodation if it does not pose an undue hardship on the employer.”
• analysis of direct threat “requires the employer to gather ‘substantial information’ about the employee’s work history and medical status, and disallows reliance on subjective evaluations by the employer”
• “Even an extended medical leave, or an extension of an existing leave period, may be a reasonable accommodation if it does not pose an undue hardship on the employer.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).