Legal Opinion
Barbara Davidson v. Midelfort Clinic, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 7, 1998No. 96-2860PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
The Midelfort Clinic in Eau Claire, Wisconsin terminated Barbara Davidson from her position as a psychotherapist, citing among her principal deficiencies her backlog of dictation. Davidson filed suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act, contending that as a result of Adult Residual Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (“ADD”), she has a “disability” as the ADA defines that term and that Midelfort refused to reasonably accommodate that disability. See 42 U.S.C. § 12112(b)(5)(A). She also claimed that Midelfort discharged her in retaliation for…
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