City of Houston v. Shayn A. Proler

Applicable law imposes a demanding standard for reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the jury’s finding that the City of Houston regarded its firefighter Shayn A. Proler as having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limited a major life activity. Under this tough standard, the trial evidence would not allow reasonable and fair-minded people to find that the City actually regarded Proler as having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limited a major life activity. Accordingly, this court should sustain the City’s first issue challenging the legal…