United States Second Circuit

In an employment discrimination dispute, summary judgment in favor of defendant is reversed and the case is remanded to determine whether plaintiff, who suffers from night blindness, is disabled within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/01/2005
• Published 09/02/2005

Judges

• CHIN, District Judge., Before:  POOLER and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and CHIN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel F. De Vita, Esq., Garden City, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter Rahbar, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York (Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, and Kristin M. Helmers, Assistant Corporation Counsel, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.