Peggy Young, the plaintiff, worked for the UPS as a pickup and delivery driver. While working for UPS, the requirements was for drivers to be able to “lift, lower, push, pull, leverage and manipulate…packages weighing up to 70 pounds” and to “assist in moving packages weighing up to 150 pounds.” (Find Law, 2017) After becoming pregnant in 2006, Young’s doctor advise her not to lift more than 20 pounds during the first 20 weeks of her pregnancy or more than 10 pounds thereafter. Failing to comply UPS’s lifting requirements, Young was placed on leave and eventually lost her employee medical coverage. Young then filed suit in the district court, claiming that UPS had acted unlawfully in refusing to accommodate her pregnancy-related lifting restriction.
