2nd Circuit: Migraines That Prevented Performance Of 1 Job Are Not A Disability

Mealey's (February 7, 2020, 1:40 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — Migraines that were allegedly caused by work-related stress that an employee alleged prevented him from performing a single job do not constitute “a substantial limitation,” a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 6, holding that the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) did not change the fact that an employee with a work-related disability must show the inability to work a large range of jobs (Ronald Woolf v. Melissa Strada, et al., No. 19-860, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3555)....