Legal Opinion

Brenda A. Gowesky, M.D. v. Singing River Hospital Systems, D/B/A Ocean Springs Hospital

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 6, 2003No. 02-60283PublishedCited by 154 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant Singing River Hospital Systems (“Singing River”) on plaintiff Brenda A. Gowesky’s (“Gowesky”) ADA claims for disability-based workplace harassment and employment discrimination. 42 U.S.C. § 12112(a); see also Flowers v. S. Reg’l Physician Servs. Inc., 247 F.3d 229 (5th Cir.2001). Gowesky has not created a material fact issue concerning whether she was “regarded as disabled” by her employer after undergoing successful treatment for hepatitis C infection; nor has she surmounted the…

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