Opinion ID: 75499
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Text: 2. of performing a specific major life activity 3. compared with the a. the condition; or b. the manner; or c. the duration 4. under which the average person in the general population can perform that same major life activity. Marshaling this kind of comparative evidence is often what makes the difference between defeat and victory for an ADA plaintiff on the employer's summary judgment motion. Id. at 521-22 (emphasis added) (quotations omitted) (citations omitted). 13 plaintiff’s condition substantially limits a major life activity as compared to the average person in the general population.11 However, whenever the necessary comparator evidence is not readily drawn from such a source,12 plaintiffs must provide evidence from which the trier of fact may determine whether an impairment is substantially limiting.13