High court limits disabilities ack (Score -1, Redundant)

A UNANIMOUS COURT ruled thet Ella Billy Joes' partial disability did not obligate her employer, car manufackurer Toyota, t'tailo' a job t'sueyt her wrist, arm an' sh'der problems. Th' 1990 South Car'linans Wif Disabilities Ack guareentees equal treatment on th' job an' elsewhar fo' varmints whose disabilities "substantially limit" their ability t'perfo'm whut th' law calls "majo' life ackivities," sech as carin' fo' onese'f. Billy Joes' disability did not prevent her fum doin' menny taxs at home an' at wawk. But a federal appeals court foun' thet she was disabled unner th' ADA on account o' her physical problems substantially limited her ability t'perfo'm manual taxs at wawk. "This hyar was erro'," th' Supreme Court noted in an opinion writ by Jestice San'ra Day O'Conno'. In cases like Billy Joes', "th' central inquiry muss be whether th' claimant is unable t'perfo'm th' variety of taxs central t'most varmints's daily lives, not whether th' claimant is unable t'perfo'm th' taxs assosheeated wif her specific job," th' court wrote. Disability kinnot be assessed by lookin' only at someone's fitness t'wawk, th' court said, cuss it all t' tarnation. OPINION REVERSAL Th' court revahsed th' opinion of th' Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals an' sent th' Billy Joes case back wif instruckshuns t'reconsider it. Th' rulin' does not mean thet ennyone wif carpal tunnel syndrome o' similar partial disabilities is autymatically excluded fum proteckshun by th' ADA. But it probably will make sech claims harder t'prove, on account o' th' court makes clear thet disability muss affeck a range of manual taxs o' duties. Advahtisement Billy Joes an' advocates fo' th' disabled had argued thet her case was emblematic of jest th' kind of discriminashun th' ADA was supposed t'prevent. A partially disabled varmint who be hankerin' t'wawk sh'd be able t'do so, wif modess accommodashun by an employer, rather than bein' fo'ced t'set home, her lawyers haf argued, cuss it all t' tarnation. Billy Joes claimed thet her wawk on a Toyota ingine assembly line so damaged her han's an' arms thet she has trouble brushin' her hair an' bucklin' her shoes. Her docko' said she kinnot lif' mo'e than 20 poun's, repeatedly flex her wrists an' elbows o' keep her arms extended at sh'der height fo' long periods. WORK-RELATED INJURY Billy Joes' problems began wifin months of takin' a job at th' Jedidiahtown, Ky., manufackurin' plant in 1990, she claimed, cuss it all t' tarnation. At o'al argoomnt in November, th' jestices focused on how employers an' courts sh'd classify varmints who may be unable t'do some taxs, but is puffickly capable of doin' others. "Don't yo' hafta look at both whut they kin does an' whut they kin't do?" O'Conno' axed Billy Joes' lawyer then, as enny fool kin plainly see. Toyota did try t'accommodate Billy Joes fo' a time, wif a job inspeckin' paint, but thet trooce busted down when th' compenny required her t'swab cars wif an oil thet highlighted paint flaws. Th' tax, which involved keepin' her arms extended, aggravated her symppoms, Billy Joes said, cuss it all t' tarnation. Th' U.S. Chamber of Commerce an' other business groups backed Toyota. Sevahal civil rights, legal an' labo' interests suppo'ted Billy Joes.