United States Tenth Circuit

Judgment for defendant in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim brought by plaintiffs, who have disabilities due to muscular dystrophy, is affirmed where a requirement that volunteer counselors be able to lift and care for campers at summer camps run by defendant was an essential function of the job of volunteer counselor.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/07/2005
• Published 11/07/2005

Judges

• HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge., Before McCONNELL, HOLLOWAY and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David P. Calvert, P.A., Wichita, KS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jill A. Morris (Robert A. Kaiser with her on the brief), Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellee.