United States Fourth Circuit

Evidence that the plaintiff had to take a nine-month leave of absence from work to recuperate from back surgery did not establish that plaintiff had a permanent or long-term impairment that significantly restricted a major life activity, as contemplated by the ADA's definition of "disability."

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/29/2001
• Decided 02/25/2002
• Published 02/25/2002

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, GREGORY, Circuit Judge, and MALCOLM J. HOWARD, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Paul Francis Evelius, Wright, Constable & Skeen, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Christopher Mark Feldenzer, Law Offices of Norman R. Buchsbaum, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Norman R. Buchsbaum, Law Offices of Norman R. Buchsbaum, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.