Reese
Reese v. BARTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
Opinion
Opinion
Damrell, J.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the court on defendant Barton Healthcare Systems’ (“defendant” or “Barton”) motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff Susan Reese (“plaintiff’ or “Reese”) opposes the motion. For the reasons set forth below, defendant’s motion for summary judgment is DENIED.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Reese began working at defendant Barton in 1997 as a lab assistant. (UF ¶ 1.) She subsequently became a cardiac sonographer (“echo technician”). (UF ¶ 1.) As an echo technician, plaintiffs job required her to press a transducer into the skin of a prone patient with one hand and operate a computer keypad connected to a machine recording the exam with the other hand (an “echo exam”). (UF ¶ 2.)
Reese claims that years of work as an echo technician and a re-injury in 2007 while performing an echo exam resulted in pain in her shoulders, wrist, head, hand, elbow, and neck, which was exacerbated in May 2007. (UF ¶ 3; DF ¶ 3.) This pain hampered plaintiffs ability to perform her job, which plaintiffs doctor believes aggravated her injury. (DF ¶ 6.) Specifically, plaintiff experiences pain when she lifts her arm…