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Can You Be “Regarded as” Disabled Based on a Potential Future Disability?

September 16, 2019 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Regarded as Claims

Jackson Lewis

This certainly sounds futuristic. (Pun intended.) Still, in a case just decided by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, EEOC v. STME, LLC, the EEOC espoused precisely this position.

Employee Suspected of Drug Diversion Could Not Establish “Regarded as Disabled” Claim

March 16, 2017 | Jackson Lewis Filed Under: Regarded as Claims

Jackson Lewis

An appellate court recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of a hospital that terminated the employment of a nurse for diverting medications, rejecting her claim that she had been perceived to be a drug addict by her employer. Demastus v. University Health System, Inc., No. E2016-00375-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. of Appeals March 2, 2017).

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