Legal Opinion
John Lowery v. Hazelwood School District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2001No. 00-1364PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
John Lowery appeals from the order of the district court 1 granting summary judgment against him in his claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA). We affirm.
I. Background
We take the facts in the light most favorable to Lowery, who suffers impairments as a result of a childhood bout with polio. Lowery has partial paralysis in his left arm and an IQ of 65, diagnosed as mild mental retardation, due to brain damage. He is therefore unable to climb a tree or a fence, paddle a canoe, lift things with…
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