Legal Opinion
Stephenson v. Pfizer Inc.
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided September 8, 2014No. 1:13cv147PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
THOMAS D. SCHROEDER, District Judge.
Before the court is Defendant’s motion for summary judgment, which raises two issues under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12111 et seq. (“ADA”): whether driving is an “essential function” of Plaintiffs job as a sales representative and, because Plaintiff is legally blind, whether her employer has a duty to provide a driver or transportation for her as an accommodation. (Doc. 24.) For the reasons set forth below, the court finds that driving is an essential function of Plaintiffs job and that the accommodations…
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