KAUFFMAN v. PETERSEN HEALTH CARE VII, LLC

No. 13-3661.

769 F.3d 958 (2014)

Debra KAUFFMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PETERSEN HEALTH CARE VII, LLC, doing business as Mason Point, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty Tsamis , Tsamis Law Firm, P.C. Chicago, IL, Plaintiff-Appellant.

John A. Kauerauf , Sorting Northup Hanna Cullen & Cochran, Springfield, IL, for Defenadant-Appellee.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act, which so far as pertains to this case forbids an employer to discriminate against "a qualified individual," 42 U.S.C. § 12112(a), defined as "an individual who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the employment position that such individual holds or desires." § 12111(8). The plaintiff began working as one of two hairdressers (also...

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