KEVIN M. KNIGHT, Plaintiff, -vs- COMPUTER SCIENCES RAYTHEON (CSR) a joint venture between COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION and RAYTHEON COMPANY, Defendant., 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27928

Summary

The employee claimed that his disabilities or impairments substantially limited his major life activities of breathing, walking, climbing, lifting, performing manual tasks, and working. He suffered from respiratory and joint disease. The employee did not have a physical impairment that substantially limited one or more of his major life activities. He was not substantially limited in his ability to breathe because of this respiratory disorder. He did not present evidence of how his restrictions compared to the average person's capacity to walk, lift or climb. He did not articulate an argument as to how his walking, lifting, and climbing restrictions constituted a substantial limitation. Although the functions of a logistic clerk were beyond his physical capabilities, he was still able to perform different types of jobs. Further, the fact that he had a record of being a disabled veteran did not mean he automatically satisfied the second statutory definition of disabled, and the ...