After the amendments to the ADA, it doesn’t make any sense for an attorney to defend on the grounds that a disability doesn’t exist, with a notable exception being where the major life activity of working is involved. It should be a rare situation where plaintiff alleges the major life activity of working considering all of the other options available to a plaintiff after the amendments. Our case of the day illustrates how defending on the ground that an ADA disability doesn’t exist is very much an uphill climb. The case is Edwards v. Shelby County, Tennessee decided by the
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