Case: Disability Discrimination/Qualified Individual (6th Cir.)

The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed summary judgment to DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US, Inc. on discrimination and failure to accommodate claims under Michigan’s Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act brought by a special-resins operator with central pontine myelinolysis (a brain condition affecting balance and coordination), finding that his condition did not qualify as a “disability” under Michigan law because it prevented him from performing essential job duties like climbing ladders, lifting heavy objects, working night shifts, driving forklifts, and wearing required safety equipment.

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