An applicant for a field engineer position who had a prescription for painkillers and could not fully lift his right arm had a viable claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
Jacobs Field Services (JFS), a construction company, offered Michael Cannon a job as a field engineer at a Colorado mining site. After offering him the position, JFS conducted a pre-employment physical and learned that Cannon had had unsuccessful surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder.
