Legal Opinion
Denise Felix, Naomi Felix and Irene Cooper as Administrators of the Estate of Denise Felix v. New York City Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 31, 2003No. 01-7967PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge JACOBS joins in the majority opinion and files a separate concurring opinion.
Judge LEVAL dissents in a separate opinion.
JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Chief Judge.
Denise Felix sued her former employer, the New York City Transit Authority, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, alleging that she was entitled to a position that did not involve working in the subway, which she could not do because of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that was interfering with her ability to sleep, a major life activity. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Shira A. Scheindlin,…
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