FALLACARO v. RICHARDSON

Civil Action No. 95-2232 (PLF).

965 F.Supp. 87 (1997)

Betsy Jolene FALLACARO, Plaintiff, v. Margaret RICHARDSON, Commissioner, and Internal Revenue Service, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon J. Briglia, Heather C. Splan, Vienna, VA, for Plaintiff.

Julian A. Cook, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, DC, for Defendants.


OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This case raises the interesting issue of whether a person whose uncorrected vision is so impaired as to render her legally blind and yet who, with contact lenses, has 20/20 vision, is disabled under the Rehabilitation Act. Plaintiff, who is currently employed as a Revenue Officer with the Internal Revenue Service, was denied a promotion to the job of Special Agent because of her uncorrected eyesight. She...

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