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Recent ADA decisions by Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal addressing "driving" as a major life activity and "sleep apena"

Recent ADA decisions by Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal addressing "driving" as a major life activity and "sleep apena"
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Driving As Major Life Activity Under ADA
Both Workplace Prof Blog and Paul Mollica's Daily Developments in EEO covered an interesting case Kellogg v. Energy Safety Services, Inc., ____F.3d___(10th Cir. 2008), where the 10th in a 2-1 decision held that driving was NOT a major life activity.

5th Rejects ADA Claim of Employee Who Noded Off At Work Due To Sleep Apena
Grubb v. Southwest Airlines, ___F.3d___(5th Cir. Oct. 10, 2008)is an important ADA case dealing with sleep apena. An employee who would "nod off" claimed that Southwest discriminated against him because they did not accommodate his disability.

[Click on case description to go to decision posted on the Internet]

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on November 17, 2008 (boomark / email).