Disabled worker can’t recover for mixed-motive firing
Published: January 21, 2010
Tags: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, disability discrimination, Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Mixed-motive
A disability discrimination plaintiff could not recover damages when the loss of her job was the product of both lawful and unlawful motives, the 7th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
The plaintiff sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), alleging that the defendant terminated her employment because it regarded her as being disabled.
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