Chmielewski v. Xermac, Inc

Mat,lett, C.J.

This Handicappers’ Civil Rights Act1 suit involves the question whether, in considering if a person has a condition that meets the act’s definition of “handicap,” the trier of fact should assess the individual without the benefit of medication or other mitigating measures, or if it should assess the individual’s condition as it presently exists with the benefit of such measures. The act requires that to qualify as having a “handicap” for purposes of coming within the act’s protection, an individual must have a determinable physical or mental characteristic that substantially…