United States Sixth Circuit

Plaintiff makes at least an initial showing that she was regarded as disabled within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act, where employer's "100% healed" rule is applied to mildly impaired persons to exclude them from a broad class of jobs.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2000
• Decided 04/24/2001
• Published 04/24/2001

Judges

• Before BOGGS and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  and BECKWITH, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven D. Downey (argued and briefed), The Law Offices of Steven D. Downey, Glenn D. Parrish (briefed), Bowling Green, KY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• C. Laurence Woods, III (argued and briefed), Brown, Todd & Heyburn PLLC, Louisville, KY, for Defendant-Appellee.