Assignment:
Respond in writing to the case questions below.
1. Henshel v. Clair County Road Commission (Ch 10, p 343)
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/13a0343p-06.pdf
Case Questions
1. What was the legal issue in this case? What did the appeals court decide?
2. What is the job that the plaintiff held prior to becoming disabled and to which he is seeking reinstatement? How does his disability affect performance of that job?
3. Why does it matter whether driving a semi-truck and trailer is an essential function of his job?
4. What factors do courts consider in deciding whether particular tasks are essential functions of jobs? What evidence did the district court rely on in deciding that hauling the excavator was an essential function of the excavator operator job? Why did the appeals court reverse the district court's decision?
5. What should the county have done to better handle this situation?
2. Keith v. County of Oakland
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/13a0011p-06.pdf
Case Questions
1. What was the legal issue in this case? What did the appeals court decide?
2. What is the job that the plaintiff held prior to becoming disabled and to which he is seeking reinstatement? How does his disability affect performance of that job?
3. Why does it matter whether driving a semi-truck and trailer is an essential function of his job?
4. What factors do courts consider in deciding whether particular tasks are essential functions of jobs? What evidence did the district court rely on in deciding that hauling the excavator was an essential function of the excavator operator job? Why did the appeals court reverse the district court's decision?
5. What should the county have done to better handle this situation?
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
1. Write between 750 - 1,250 words (approximately 3 - 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
2. Use font size 12 and 1" margins.
3. Include cover page and reference page.
4. At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
5. No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
6. Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
7. Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.