Court Opinion

ID: 9489848
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 13:25:50.771952+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:53:45.170162
License: Public Domain

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge,
with whom ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge, joins, concurring:
I join the majority opinion, but write separately to emphasize that an employee is “qualified” under the ADA if that employee is able to perform the essential functions of his or her current job, or some other available job, with or without accommodation. (Cf. ante at 912.) Further, in an appropriate case, the ADA may require the employer to transfer the employee to another available job for which he or she is qualified. Unfortunately for Cochrum, no positions were available at the mine for which he was able to perform the essential functions with or without a reasonable accommodation.