On December 9, 2013, the EEOC filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Washington, D.C. on behalf of a disabled medical assistant against her employer, a hospital, alleging that the hospital violated the Americans With Disabilities Act and Title I of the Civil Rights Act by discriminating against the employee due to her disability. The EEOC requested compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive relief, and costs for the action. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the hospital denied the employee use of her cane and then fired her when she informed them that she needed to use a cane while working.

The defendant filed an answer to the complaint on February 14, 2014, and discovery was scheduled to be completed by October 2014. On August 12, 2014, the EEOC filed a stipulation of dismissal because the medical assistant, who the EEOC had filed the lawsuit on behalf of, had unexpectedly passed away on June 9, 2014, due to an automobile accident. The case is now closed.

Chris MacColl - 02/23/2014
Lisa Limb - 03/21/2019


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