Eileen, Townsend Incorporated$$s Human Resources Manager, was encountering a rush of requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Karmen, a receptionist, was having a birthday and turning $50.$ She told Eileen that, while she had not been to see a physician, she had "the blues" and needed to take every Friday off for the next few weeks to recuperate. Karmen said that while she was able to engage in her normal activities, her energy level was down. Eileen promptly denied her request on the basis that the act only applies to physical disabilities. Another employee, Zion, asked for a private office. Eileen asked him why he needed a private office. Zion, who had been significantly burned, replied that while nothing was physically wrong with him, he was tired of everyone treating him as if he had a disability. He said that the treatment he received from coworkers interfered with his everyday life and work activities. Eileen denied his request explaining to him that he needed an actual documented physical disability before being covered by the act. Finally, Keanu, who had undergone knee surgery, asked that Eileen put in another elevator near his workstation. Eileen explained that workstation could be moved nearer to the existing elevator, but Keanu told her that under the Americans with Disabilities Act, she did not have the right to dictate his workstation location to him. Nevertheless, Eileen denied his request for a second elevator, noting that no other employees needed a second elevator. Karmen, Zion, and Keanu got together and decided to go directly to federal court and sue Townsend Incorporated under the Americans with Disabilities Act to challenge Eileen's decisions.

Will Karmen win on a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

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No$,$ Karmen will lose because mental disabilities are not covered under the act.

Yes, Karmen will likely win because mental disabilities are covered under the act, and she had the right to ask for anything that would help her.

No$,$ Karmen will likely lose because she has no proof of a mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of her major life activities.

No$,$ Karmen will lose unless she can establish that she has a personality disorder because that is the only type of mental disability covered by the act.

No$,$ Karmen will lose, at least until she can establish that she has been in counseling for at least six months, because that is required in order to establish a mental disability under the act.