United States Tenth Circuit
Hennagir v. Utah Dep't of Corr., 08-4087
In an Americans with Disabilities Act action based on plaintiff's inability to complete a physical safety training program adopted by her employer, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where a job function that is rarely required in the normal course of an employee's duties may nonetheless be an essential job function under the ADA when the potential consequences of employing an individual who is unable to perform the function are sufficiently severe.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/10/2009
- Published 09/10/2009
Judges
- Before BRISCOE, SEYMOUR, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Russell T. Monahan, Cook & Associates, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- J. Clifford Peterson, Assistant Utah Attorney General (Mark L. Shurtleff, Utah Attorney General, with him on the briefs), Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants-Appellees.