Legal Opinion
Hansen v. Seabee Corp.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 6, 2004No. 02-2071PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
This appeal requires us to delve once more into the murky landscape that is the law of disability discrimination. A worker claimed he was disabled, and protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), because his sore back limited his ability to lift and to perform some jobs he had done earlier in his life. The district court awarded Hansen damages on his claim under the ADA. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the district court judgment.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings
Tim Hansen left high school in 1974, obtained a general equivalency degree, and enlisted in…
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