Legal Opinion
Dovenmuehler v. St. Cloud Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 4, 2007No. 07-1096PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Jeanne Dovenmuehler sued St. Cloud Hospital (“St. Cloud”), alleging that St. Cloud violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Minnesota’s Human Rights Act (MHRA). Dovenmuehler contends that St. Cloud improperly terminated her based on her chemical-dependency disability. The district court 1 granted St. Cloud’s motion for summary judgment, concluding that: (1) Dovenmuehler did not have an impairment under either the ADA or MHRA; (2) she was not limited in a major life activity; (3) St. Cloud did not regard her as disabled; (4) St. Cloud had no duty to…
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