This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Labor/Employment

Apr. 13, 2001

Repetitive Motion

The Humphrey decision adds a new barb to the already-thorny problem of enforcing attendance-control policies with regard to disabled employees.

By Rod M. Fliegel and Philip R. Paturzo
        
        In Humphrey v. Memorial Hospitals Association, 2001 U.S.App.LEXIS 2099 (9th Cir. Feb. 13, 2001), the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a decision written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, sent employers yet another message about the scope of the duty of reasonable accommodation under the Americans With Disabilities Act. T...

To continue reading, please subscribe.

Already a subscriber?

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)