Disability Discrimination: Nurse's Back Injury Ruled Not A Disability
Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
May 1997
A nurse’s back injury from turning a patient is not a disability as the term disability is defined for purposes of disability discrimination, according to the Court of Appeals of Ohio.The court noted that the interpretive guidelines to the Americans With Disabilities Act say that temporary impairments, such as sprains and broken limbs, with little or no long-term impact, usually are not considered disabilities and are not grounds for disability discrimination lawsuits.
Maloney vs. Hospital, 672 N.E. 2d 223 (Ohio App., 1996).More references from nursinglaw.com
http://www.nursinglaw.com/back-injury-patient-lift.htm
http://www.nursinglaw.com/backinjury2.htm
http://www.nursinglaw.com/back-problem-disability-discrimination.htm
http://www.nursinglaw.com/lifting1.htm
http://www.nursinglaw.com/lifting2.htm
http://www.nursinglaw.com/lifting3.htm
http://www.nursinglaw.com/lifting4.htm