Appellate Division, Fourth Department – Disability Discrimination – Reasonable Accommodation – Undue Hardship   County of Erie v. NYS Division of Human Rights TP 14-00416 Transferred from Supreme Court, Erie County   Background: The two proceedings arise from the same disability ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Disability Discrimination Housing — Evidence of Disability Olsen v. Stark Homes, Inc. 13-0247 Judges Kearse, Jacobs and B.D. Parker Background: The plaintiffs appealed from the dismissal of their claims against the defendant ...

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New York State Court of Appeals Disability Discrimination Reasonable Accommodation — Employer’s Failure to Consider Jacobsen v. New York City Health and Hospital Corporation No. 34 Judge Abdus-Salaam Background: At issue is whether an employer’s failure to consider the reasonableness ...

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BUFFALO — A western New York parks worker who says he was denied a promotion because he has vision in only one eye will be offered the job, along with $22,000 in back pay and interest, under a settlement announced ...

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Federal disability discrimination law may require a state agency to deviate from state law in order to accommodate a mentally ill individual’s claim for benefits, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in reversing a dismissal, Mary ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Disability Discrimination Air Carriers Lopez v. Jet Blue Airways 10-3550-cv Judges Cabranes, Livingston and Chin Background: The plaintiff appealed from a judgment that dismissed her complaint against the defendant for discrimination. The ...

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A federal employee’s lawsuit for disability discrimination wasn’t precluded by her application for federal disability retirement benefits, the D.C. Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.

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