In what the EEOC has called “one of its finest moments” in its effort to “combat employment discrimination,” a jury awarded $240 million to 32 individuals in an ADA case brought by the EEOC. It was the EEOC’s largest jury verdict ever. The award for compensatory and punitive damages amounted to $7.5 million per individual.
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Mammography Tech with Epilepsy Not Qualified under ADA and a Direct Threat of Harm
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
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An ADAAA “rule of construction” is that an episodic impairment is a disability if it would substantially limit a major life activity when active. A Missouri federal district court has held that whether an employee with an episodic impairment is a qualified individual with a disability is also determined when the impairment is active. The court…