State ex rel. Lecklider v. School Employees Retirement System

{¶ 1} Appellant, Diane Z. Lecklider, was employed as a head cook for Green-ville City Schools. As head cook, Lecklider was responsible for preparing the daily meal and for storing food and supplies in the school kitchen. One of the qualifications of the head-cook position is that the person be “[p]hysically capable of lifting food containers as required.”

{¶ 2} In October 2001, Lecklider underwent surgery to repair a large rectocele.1 According to Lecklider, following the surgery, she experienced rectal pain and spasms when she lifted heavy objects. In February 2002, Maria B. LimKong, M.D.,…