Employee with 'Environmental Intolerance' to Mold Unable to Show She Is Disabled Under the Minnesota Human Rights Act

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A state appeals court recently affirmed a district court's ruling that a woman diagnosed with Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance to mold and certain chemicals was not able to show that she fulfilled the requirements of the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) definition of a disabled person. Deb Cramer, appellant, v. Allina Health Systems, respondent, No. A03-437 (Minn. Ct. App.).

According to the Dec. 16, 2003, opinion filed by Minnesota's Court of Appeals, the Anoka County District Court (No. C0-02-7728) properly decided that the plaintiff did not fit into the protected class of disabled persons and, therefore, her …