Opinion ID: 4166342
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Heading: Brown’s Injuries

Text: In 2006, Brown was an assistant principal for Milwaukee Schools. She began to experience severe knee pain while performing the duties of that position. Her doctor diagnosed her with severe arthritis and recommended that she be moved to a job with limited mobility requirements. For the next few years, Milwaukee Schools accommodated her by changing the location of her work and modifying her job duties. It excused her from breaking up fights and physically intervening with students, which would normally be an assistant principal’s responsibility. She arranged those accommodations with No. 16-1971 5 James Gorton, Milwaukee School’s employment specialist who continued to work on her case for the remainder of her employment. During that time, Brown underwent knee replacement surgery. Despite these precautions, Brown injured her knee again in 2009, not long after her surgery, while restraining an unruly student. She had another surgery. Her doctor then restricted her to sedentary work with no student interaction until further notice. A few months after her return to work, in May 2010, her doctor clarified that incidental or one-on-one contact with students “should not be a problem,” but that contact with out-of-control children or potentially combative students should be avoided.