Browse all the Lawforwa Resources on Disability Law

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Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?n
Source: Findlaw

U.S. Supreme Court case discussing the test to determine the validity of an employer's promotion decision when the decision is based upon a supervisor's subjective opinion.
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• How do I prove an employer discriminated against me?

Nationwide Mutual Ins. v. Darden
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?n
Source: Findlaw

The opinion discusses when a person is an employee for the purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The opinion lays out the test that is now the predominant definition of employee for the purposes of Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA.
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• How do I know if I am employee, as defined by Title VII, the ADA, or the ADEA?

Mangram v. General Motors Corporation
http://www.law.emory.edu/4circuit/mar97/961348.p.h
Source: Emory School of Law

4th Circuit opinion about whether an owner of a GMC dealership franchise is an employee. The court applies the hybrid test.
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• How do I know if I am employee, as defined by Title VII, the ADA, or the ADEA?

Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Disabilities Protection
http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Jul/1/126293.html
Source: Findlaw

Article by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP discussing the definition of disability and how plaintiffs may prove the existence of a disability.
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• How do I know if I have a disability?

Sutton v. United Air Lines, Inc.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?n
Source: Findlaw

US Supreme Court opinion discussing whether sisters are disabled when they can see with the aid of glasses, but are denied employment, because they cannot see without glasses.
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• Is a person disabled when they can behave normally with the help of corrective devises?
• When is a person disabled?