Civil Rights
Feb. 15, 2001
ADA Extended to Cover Compulsive Behavior
SAN FRANCISCO - A medical transcriptionist whose obsessive grooming rituals made her repeatedly late for work cannot be denied a reasonable accommodation for her disability because of prior discipline for her tardiness, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.




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