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Home > Federal Law Articles > Disability Discrimination > ADA - Regarded as Claims

Articles Discussing Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA.

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

Posted: September 16, 2019 | Jackson Lewis Category: ADA - Regarded as Claims

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

Posted: March 16, 2017 | Jackson Lewis Category: ADA - Regarded as Claims

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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