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Taylor V. Case Brief Summary

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Facts: Shortly after the beginning of the 1994-1995 school year, Katherine Taylor was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was hospitalized. Shortly before being released to go back to work, her son contacted the school to request accommodations for his mother. When Taylor returned to work, her duties were lessened and her day was being micromanaged by the new principal, Mendel. In all the years she had worked for the school, the defendant had no disciplinary issues and actually received the following comments from the previous principal "excels in all aspects" of her job, was a "credit to our school," and "a tribute to excellence." The defendant alleges that Mendel documented every misstep or problem that she had and only brought them to her …show more content…

The school district alleges that the defendant doesn’t have a disability and they were justified in firing the defendant. They denied that they ignored the requests from the defendant’s son seeking accommodations and abided by the American’s with Disability Act of 1990 (ADA). The case was taken to the district court and initially, the school district won. After appealing to a circuit court, the decision was overturned and the jury decided that the defendant did indeed have a disability and found that the school district failed in their responsibility to properly provide for those covered by the ADA. The grounds for the overruling came in regards to the definition of disability. According to the textbook on page 61, Disabled is defined as “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of [the disabled person]. Major life activities include an area “of central importance to most people’s daily lives including walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, working, or caring for

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