Headley

FACTS

The City hired plaintiff in 1977 under a program for persons with disabilities. In 1980, plaintiff began working at the Department as a planning assistant. A short time later, plaintiff was diagnosed with neurovascular necritis of his left hip, and he was limited to sedentary work. Over the years, plaintiff’s doctors intermittently imposed various limitations such as reduced work schedules and flexible hours, and the Department accommodated those limitations as they were imposed. In 1995, a doctor restricted plaintiff from standing for more than 10 minutes at a time, and in 1995 and 1996, the Department provided a motorized chair with variable seat height and an ergonomic workstation to provide necessary height and mobility for plaintiff’s legs, in accordance with medical prescriptions. In early 1997, the Department asked plaintiff to work at the public counter in Van Nuys, an assignment that traditionally required standing at the counter to assist members of the public (but was considered “one of the most sedentary assignments at the

2 Department”). Plaintiff agreed, provided that he be given a stool so he could alternately sit or stand in conformity with his medical…