Barnes v. Northwest Iowa Health Center

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING PARTIES’ CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS AND DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO STRIKE

BENNETT, Chief Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.INTRODUCTION..1059

A. Procedural Background...1059

B. Disputed And Undisputed Facts ...1060

II.SIOUX VALLEY’S MOTION TO DISMISS.1061

III.PARTIES’ CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT.1063

A. Standards For Summary Judgment .1064

1. Requirements of Rule 56.1064

2. The parties’burdens .1066

3. Summary judgment in employment discrimination cases.1065

B. Actual Disability Claims.1066

1. Analytical framework in general .1066

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