Gee v. Minnesota State Colleges & Universities

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment dismissal of claims for disability discrimination and whistleblower retaliation. Because the district court applied an incorrect standard to determine that Carrie Gee is not a disabled person for purposes of the Minnesota Human Rights Act, we reverse and remand the dismissal of Gee’s disability-discrimination claim. We affirm, however, the district court’s dismissal of Gee’s whistleblower claim because the evidence is insufficient to establish that she fnade a good-faith report of a violation of federal or state law.

FACTS

Carrie…