Court Opinion

ID: 9565887
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:29:39.166304+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:51.370739
License: Public Domain

HEYBURN, Chief District Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the analysis and result in Judge Batchelder’s opinion, except that I do not express an opinion concerning the standard adopted in Section II.A.2. of that opinion. Judge Batchelder adopts a standard whereby short-term restrictions on major life activities generally do not constitute a disability under the FMLA. Judge Merritt would adopt the standard set forth in Navarro v. Pfizer Corp., 261 F.3d 90 (1st Cir.2001). I find it unnecessary to take either side in order to resolve this case, because I conclude, as have my two fellow judges, that Novak has met neither standard.