USCA 8th: Makeshift Odd Jobs Defeat ADA Claim

The United States Court of Appeals, Eight District, ruled that in an Americans with Disabilities Act an employer assigning an injured worker to 'makeshift odd jobs' was not an admission that the employer regarded him as substantially limited in the major life activity of 'working.'In Knutson v. Ag Processing, Inc. (01/12/05 - No. 03-3176, 03-3272) Knutson began working at Ag Processing's Eagle Grove bean processing plant in 1988. He performed a variety of jobs, eventually becoming a boiler operator. As a boiler operator, Knutson's primary responsibility was to ensure that the boilers had e...